Of all the households the council houses in temporary accommodation, this is the fraction in 'nightly paid' rooms and flats — places rented from private landlords one night at a time, with no contract and premium prices. Like B&Bs, councils fall back on these when they have nothing better. A high share means the council is paying top rates for insecure stopgap housing; a low share means it has more settled, cheaper options lined up.
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merton | london | 0.93 | 1st worst of 33 |
| Bromley | london | 0.89 | 2nd worst of 33 |
| Norwich | district | 0.88 | 1st worst of 156 |
| Bedford | unitary | 0.85 | 1st worst of 59 |
| Medway Towns | unitary | 0.82 | 2nd worst of 59 |
| City of London | london | 0.8 | 3rd worst of 33 |
| Maldon | district | 0.76 | 2nd worst of 156 |
| Rother | district | 0.73 | 3rd worst of 156 |
| Richmond upon Thames | london | 0.72 | 4th worst of 33 |
| Thanet | district | 0.72 | 4th worst of 156 |
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield | metropolitan | 0 | 10th best of 36 |
| Chesterfield | district | 0 | 47th best of 156 |
| Derbyshire Dales | district | 0 | 47th best of 156 |
| Erewash | district | 0 | 47th best of 156 |
| High Peak | district | 0 | 47th best of 156 |
| North East Derbyshire | district | 0 | 47th best of 156 |
| South Derbyshire | district | 0 | 47th best of 156 |
| Bolsover | district | 0 | 47th best of 156 |
| Mid Devon | district | 0 | 47th best of 156 |
| Cheltenham | district | 0 | 47th best of 156 |
| name | nightly_paid_share_of_ta |
|---|---|
| dataset | 06-hclic-temporary-accommodation |
| kind | constructed |
| type | ratio |
| unit | ratio (0–1) |
| grain | local authority (England) |
| role | feature |
| source | ta_nightly_paid_total ÷ ta_households_total (TA1 cols 12 and 2) |
| period | Quarter-end snapshot, 31 March 2026 (Q4 FY2025-26); quarterly series from 2018 Q2; same columns in 202512_revised and 2024-25 annual files |
| missingness | Inherited from inputs: exclude England/region rows; treat suppressed/imputed values as missing, not zero; use the same LA code vintage on both sides of any cross-dataset join (reorganised councils change codes); inputs carry the H-CLIC rounding/imputation caveats |
| score_note | Spot-market exposure share, a direct high-cost procurement signal. |
| calculated | calculated/nightly-paid-share-of-ta.csv |
| calculated_rows | 572 |
| calculated_periods | 2025-26-Q3 to 2025-26-Q4 |
| calculated_date | 2026-08-13 |
| peer_group | districts (n=164), unitaries (n=62), metropolitan boroughs (n=36), London boroughs (n=33) — scored within each class against its median/IQR |
Share of TA met through nightly-paid, privately managed accommodation — exposure to the spot market. High shares mean volatile, expensive placements and weak negotiating position with providers. Unstable for small caseloads.