Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households affected by the Grenfell Tower fire require rehousing; and how many of those households are in (a) emergency, (b) temporary and (c) permanent accommodation.

As of 10 December 2018, the latest data from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) shows that 201 households from Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk require rehousing. Of this number, 21 households are in emergency accommodation (11 households are in hotels, 9 in serviced apartments and 1 with friends and family). 25 households are currently living in temporary accommodation, and 155 households have now moved into a permanent home.

My Department has been working closely with RBKC to ensure that households are rehoused permanently and in homes that are right for them, in their chosen location, and personalised and refurbished to a high standard. This includes doing whatever is necessary to ensure households can move in to settled homes as swiftly as possible, but doing so sensitively and on a case by case approach taking into account individual needs.