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Summary

The latest National Statistics on Statutory Homelessness for July to September 2011, England, were released on 8 December 2011, under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

The key points from the latest release are:

Household acceptances

• 12,510 applicants were accepted as owed a main homelessness duty during July to September 2011, 6 per cent higher than during the same quarter of 2010.
• On a seasonally-adjusted basis, there were 11,930 acceptances, an increase of 1 per cent from 11,810 in the previous quarter.

Households in temporary accommodation

• 49,100 households were in temporary accommodation on 30 September 2011, 1 per cent lower than at the same date in 2010.
• On a seasonally-adjusted basis, 48,620 households were in temporary accommodation, a slight increase from 48,270 in the previous quarter. This may be the result of the recent increases in acceptances.

The Department's Draft Statistics Plan for 2011/12 (see 'Related publications' below) proposed reducing the detail of the statutory homelessness quarterly releases to include only the most high profile and volatile data, with a more detailed publication at year end.

This is the second shortened release as set out in the plan. There has been no reduction in the number of tables and data published with the quarterly release, simply a reduction in the text which will be offset by a fuller commentary in the release at the end of the financial year. The supplementary tables that accompanied previous releases have been published as live tables.

The plan was available for user consultation from 13 April to 3 June 2011 and the Department is planning to publish a summary of the responses received and the final version of the plan (covering the year ending March 2012).

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• Statutory Homelessness: July to September Quarter 2011 England
  PDF , 125 kb , 18 pages
• Statutory Homelessness: July to September Quarter 2011 England
  MS Word , 212 kb , 18 pages
• Pre-release Access list: Statutory Homelessness
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Related publications

• Draft Statistics Plan for 2011-12: Consultation

  • Published: 13 April 2011
  • Closing date: 3 June 2011
  • Site: Corporate