Statistics released by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) show that, as of 30 September this year, there were 790 families who had spent more than six weeks in B&B accommodation, compared to just 150 at the end of December 2010.
The latest figure represents a four per cent increase since 30 June this year, when the figure stood at 760.
The continuing rise in families staying in B&B accommodation for more than six weeks comes despite tough government rhetoric on the need to tackle the problem.
In 2012, then housing minister Grant Shapps chastised councils when the figure trebled from 150 in December 2010 to 450 in December 2011.
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