Monday, June 18, 2012
The key points from the latest release
are:
Household acceptances
- 13,130 applicants were accepted as owed a main homelessness
duty during January to March 2012 - 16% higher than the same
quarter last year;
- On a seasonally-adjusted basis, there were 13,340 acceptances -
an increase of 2% from 13,100 in the previous quarter;
- During the 2011/12 financial year, there were 50,290
acceptances. This is an increase of 14% from 44,160 in
2010/11.
Households in temporary accommodation
- 50,430 households were in temporary accommodation on 31 March
2012 - 5% more than at the same date last year;
- On a seasonally-adjusted basis, 50,510 households were in
temporary accommodation on 31 March 2012 - 2% more than the figure
of 49,430 in the previous quarter.
The Department's Statistics Plan 2011/12 sets out
the Department's intention to reduce the detail of the statutory
homelessness quarterly releases to include only the most high
profile and volatile data, with a more detailed publication at year
end.
As a result, the first three quarterly releases for 2011/12 were
in a shortened form, although there was no reduction in the number
of tables and data published with the quarterly release, simply a
reduction in the text. This release, covering the end of the
financial year, contains a fuller commentary.
The plan was available for user consultation from 13 April to 3
June 2011 and the final version of the plan (covering the year
ending March 2012) was published on 7 March 2012.