The government’s official statistics body has told the
CLG to stop using potentially misleading figures for homelessness, and said it
would monitor its future statements on the issue. The intervention by the UK
Statistics Authority came after the CLG claimed in a series of press briefings
late last year that homelessness was at less than half its 2003 peak. The
briefings did not make clear that this only referred to the statutory definition
of homelessness – a relatively narrow meaning which only includes people local
authorities are obliged to assist – and does not take into account those given
assistance under homelessness prevention and relief schemes. Read more on the
Guardian website.
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