Paul Flynn: To ask
the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he
has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusions of the Local
Government Ombudsman's report entitled No Place Like Home, on the
numbers of disabled people on housing waiting lists.
Brandon Lewis: No Place Like Home is about the use of bed
and breakfast accommodation for homeless families. Homelessness figures for
July to September 2014 show a 38% decrease in the numbers of families with
children in bed and breakfast for longer than six weeks, when compared to the
same quarter in 2013. This shows that Government’s action on this issue is
working. We would not expect the report to have an impact on the numbers of
disabled people on housing waiting lists. The statutory reasonable preference
categories ensure that people who need to move on medical or welfare grounds,
including grounds relating to a disability, are given appropriate priority on
social housing waiting lists. [Edit]
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