According to figures from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the number of families with children living in bed and breakfast hotels in England has decreased by 66 per cent.
At the end of December there were 5,700 fewer children living in B&Bs than in December 2002. And there were 3,320 fewer families with children in B&Bs than in December 2002.
From April the use of B&Bs will be outlawed. The Homelessness Order will give families the power to take local authorities to court if they are put in a B&B for longer than six weeks.
In December, 62.4 per cent of local authorities had met the target. A spokesman from Shelter said: "There is definitely a clear intention from the Government that it will not put families in B&Bs and that is the thing we have campaigned for.
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