Accredited official statistics

Statutory homelessness in England: financial year 2023-24

Accredited official statistics on statutory homelessness applications, duties, and outcomes for local authorities in England.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Published: 3 October 2024
• Last updated: 19 June 2026
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  1. 19 June 2026

     Corrected financial year 2023-24 dataset has been uploaded. This change corrects figures for households ending prevention and relief duties for (Tables P4 and R4) who were accommodated from other areas. There may be some small changes to in this file compared to the written release on Statutory homelessness during 2023-24, due to scheduled data revisions which have since taken place. Latest datasets including up to date revised files can be found on our Tables on homelessness page.

  2. 6 November 2025

     Text description in the release document has been changed. This now lists the most common reasons for households with children owed a relief duty was due to family and friends no longer able to accommodate, followed by domestic abuse.

  3. 30 October 2024

     Added annual support needs dashboard.

  4. 22 October 2024

     Additional outputs have been updated and are now available: - Infographic - Households with Care Leavers Detailed Local Authority Table - Flows Dashboard

  5. 3 October 2024

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Statutory homelessness in England: financial year 2023-24

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Statutory homelessness in England: Infographic 2023-24

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Statutory homelessness: Annual technical note

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Statutory homelessness statistics: Use, improvements, and user engagement note

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Detailed local authority level tables: financial year 2023-24

ODS, 1.26 MB

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Additional temporary accommodation breakdowns, 31 March 2024

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Households with children: financial years 2022-23, 2023-24

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Single households: financial years 2022-23, 2023-24

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Households with Care Leavers 18-20 and 21 plus: 2023-24

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Statutory homelessness England: annual flows 2022-24

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Statutory homelessness England: annual flows dashboard 2022-24

https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiYjFjMjJjYTktNjZmMC00NzMxLWJiZDItYWQzYmFjZmU4MjVjIiwidCI6ImJmMzQ2ODEwLTljN2QtNDNkZS1hODcyLTI0YTJlZjM5OTVhOCJ9

Statutory homelessness England: Support needs dashboard 2022-24

https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiODM5NTE2NDUtNjhhMS00OGE2LTg5NGUtMGI3OGQ4MGVkNTFkIiwidCI6ImJmMzQ2ODEwLTljN2QtNDNkZS1hODcyLTI0YTJlZjM5OTVhOCJ9

Details

Quarterly statutory homeless statistics have been published since December 2018. This annual release takes previously published data to show a fuller analysis of the data over time.

These statistics were labelled Accredited Official Statistics in October 2023. Information on Accredited Official Statistics is available on the UK Statistics Authority website.