Housing: Homelessness - Parliamentary Written Answer

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for CLG how many households were placed in private rented accommodation under the prevention and relief of homelessness provisions in 2009/10
Grant Shapps: In 2009-10, 50,720 households in England were placed in private rented accommodation by local authorities and partner organisations through their prevention and relief activities outside of the statutory homelessness framework. This includes activities involving landlord incentive schemes or activities without, such as where a local authority has built a relationship with a landlord or letting agent which enables the authority to refer households on benefit direct or on a specific accreditation scheme.