How long, on average, a household placed in a bed and breakfast stays there before moving somewhere better, measured in days. B&Bs are meant to be a few nights' emergency stopgap, not a home. A high average means people — including families — are stuck in single rooms for weeks or months; a low average means the council genuinely uses B&Bs only briefly.
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redcar and Cleveland | unitary | 2,944 | 1st worst of 60 |
| Croydon | london | 2,193 | 1st worst of 32 |
| Lambeth | london | 1,839 | 2nd worst of 32 |
| Reading | unitary | 1,380 | 2nd worst of 60 |
| Enfield | london | 1,355 | 3rd worst of 32 |
| Lewisham | london | 851 | 4th worst of 32 |
| Westminster | london | 848 | 5th worst of 32 |
| Ealing | london | 810 | 6th worst of 32 |
| Bexley | london | 800 | 7th worst of 32 |
| Haringey | london | 780 | 8th worst of 32 |
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley | london | 0 | 1st best of 32 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | unitary | 0 | 6th best of 60 |
| York | unitary | 0 | 6th best of 60 |
| Wokingham | unitary | 0 | 6th best of 60 |
| Isles of Scilly | unitary | 0 | 6th best of 60 |
| Wiltshire | unitary | 0 | 6th best of 60 |
| Northumberland | unitary | 0 | 6th best of 60 |
| Bolsover | district | 0 | 14th best of 156 |
| North East Derbyshire | district | 0 | 14th best of 156 |
| Teignbridge | district | 0 | 14th best of 156 |
| name | ta_bnb_mean_stay_days |
|---|---|
| dataset | 06-hclic-temporary-accommodation |
| kind | extracted |
| type | continuous |
| unit | days |
| grain | local authority (England) |
| role | outcome |
| source | data/Statutory_Homelessness_Detailed_Local_Authority_Data_202603.ods, sheet TA7, col 3 'B&B or shared annexMean (days)' (median in col 2) |
| period | Annual-style analysis in the quarterly file (Jan–Mar 2026 edition) |
| 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 | Direct duration-in-worst-TA measure; TA7 quirks and mean skew temper it. |
| calculated | calculated/ta-bnb-mean-stay-days.csv |
| calculated_rows | 573 |
| 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 |
Mean length of B&B stays in days; long stays indicate the council cannot move households on from the worst TA type. Means are skewed by a few very long stays — the median (col 2) is more robust. TA7 exists only in the quarterly files' verified sheet list and has no England row (starts directly at LAs).