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 were placed in temporary accommodation outside their home local authority area in each of the last five years.

Accredited official statistics on statutory homelessness, including the number of households who are owed a temporary accommodation duty who are in another local authority are published in the financial year and quarterly homelessness statistics on gov.uk. The financial year tables, which provide a quarterly timeseries for England, can be accessed in the Statutory homelessness England Level time series “live tables”, Table TA1, column AE. This will include those households owed a temporary accommodation duty who are in another local authority, but have not had accommodation secured for them, including those who have made their own temporary arrangements, such as staying with friends and family.

At 31 December 2025, within the total homeless households living out of area, 190 households were living out of area, but not placed into temporary accommodation. This and further information about households owed a temporary accommodation duty who are in another local authority are available in the detailed local authority level tables (tables TA9 onwards) on gov.uk here.