Statistics for the last quarter of 2011 show 8,110 families with dependent children were accepted as homeless by councils. This is up 1,530 on figures for the same period the previous year and up 230 on the previous quarter.
The figures show at the end of last year there were 36,600 households with children or a pregnant family member living in temporary accommodation in total. This represents three-quarters of all households living in temporary accommodation. Altogether, there were 69,460 children or expected children in temporary accommodation.
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) predicts the figures will rise further when the government’s Welfare Reform Bill becomes law. The plans to cap benefits for households at £26,000 a year is set to hit those living in high rent areas, such as London, the hardest.
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