When the council does place homeless households outside its own area, this is the percentage who at least stay within the same region — a town nearby rather than the other end of the country. Distance matters: a move ten miles away might keep a child in school, a move two hundred miles will not. A high percentage means out-of-area placements are relatively close by; a low one means families are being sent far from everything they know.
| name | ta_out_of_area_same_region_pct |
|---|---|
| dataset | 06-hclic-temporary-accommodation |
| kind | extracted |
| type | percentage |
| unit | percent |
| grain | local authority (England) |
| role | feature |
| source | data/Statutory_Homelessness_Detailed_Local_Authority_Data_202603.ods, sheet TA9, col 4 '…Destination: within the same region(percent)[note 48]' |
| 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 | Distinct how-far-displaced angle, but quality more than cost signal. |
| peer_group | council class (district / county / unitary / metropolitan / London) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
Of the council's out-of-area TA placements, the percentage placed within the same region — a measure of how local the displacement is. A low value means households are being moved far from their communities. Exact [note n] numbering may differ between editions (unverified).