The number of families with children who have been living in a bed and breakfast for more than six weeks — which the law says should essentially never happen. B&Bs are the worst place to raise children (one room, shared bathrooms, no kitchen), so six weeks is the legal maximum. Any number above zero means the council is breaking that limit; the higher it is, the more children are stuck in unsuitable rooms.
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | metropolitan | 419 | 1st worst of 33 |
| Westminster | london | 211 | 1st worst of 28 |
| Sandwell | metropolitan | 52 | 2nd worst of 33 |
| Ealing | london | 41 | 2nd worst of 28 |
| Stockport | metropolitan | 25 | 3rd worst of 33 |
| Trafford | metropolitan | 20 | 4th worst of 33 |
| Barking & Dagenham | london | 18 | 3rd worst of 28 |
| Wealden | district | 16 | 1st worst of 101 |
| Kingston upon Thames | london | 16 | 4th worst of 28 |
| North Lincolnshire | unitary | 12 | 1st worst of 51 |
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter | district | 0 | 79th best of 101 |
| Watford | district | 0 | 79th best of 101 |
| Canterbury | district | 0 | 79th best of 101 |
| Dover | district | 0 | 79th best of 101 |
| Swale | district | 0 | 79th best of 101 |
| Thanet | district | 0 | 79th best of 101 |
| Fylde | district | 0 | 79th best of 101 |
| Hyndburn | district | 0 | 79th best of 101 |
| Blaby | district | 0 | 79th best of 101 |
| Charnwood | district | 0 | 79th best of 101 |
| name | ta_bnb_children_over_6wk |
|---|---|
| dataset | 06-hclic-temporary-accommodation |
| kind | extracted |
| type | count |
| unit | households |
| grain | local authority (England) |
| role | outcome |
| source | data/Statutory_Homelessness_Detailed_Local_Authority_Data_202603.ods, sheet TA1, col 9 '…With children and resident more than 6 weeks' |
| 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 | Small counts rounded and some values suppressed; some LAs miss or partially complete H-CLIC returns and are imputed/flagged by MHCLG (see Notes sheet); previous-quarter figures routinely revised. |
| score_note | Directly published statutory-breach count: unambiguous, high-signal, unique to H-CLIC. |
| calculated | calculated/ta-bnb-children-over-6wk.csv |
| calculated_rows | 427 |
| calculated_periods | 2025-26-Q3 to 2025-26-Q4 |
| calculated_date | 2026-08-13 |
| peer_group | districts (n=121), unitaries (n=54), metropolitan boroughs (n=33), London boroughs (n=29) — scored within each class against its median/IQR |
Households with children who have been in B&B accommodation for more than 6 weeks — beyond the statutory limit, so a legal-compliance red flag. Any non-zero value indicates the council is breaching the B&B rules for families. Small counts are rounded, so exact zeros vs small values may be blurred.