What the (a) lower and (b) upper quartile number of days a household spends in temporary accommodation is, broken down by household type.

Homelessness data, which includes information about temporary accommodation placements, is available for all local authorities from 2017-18. The following table shows the lower (a) and upper (b) quartile of total time in days spent in temporary accommodation for households with homelessness applications that closed in each year from 2017-18 by household type. The figures are based on homelessness applications with at least one associated temporary accommodation placement.
Lower (LQ) and upper (UQ) quartile of total time (days) spent in temporary accommodation, by household type: 2017-18 to 2021-22
Household type
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
LQ
UQ
LQ
UQ
LQ
UQ
LQ
UQ
LQ
UQ
All
45
239
44
242
45
241
43
276
44
277
Single Person
38
221
37
221
39
225
36
252
37
260
Single Parent
61
265
61
280
60
270
65
326
63
304
Couple
50
223
48
232
47
225
48
282
57
273
Couple with Children
90
373
83
374
79
368
125
483
85
484
Other
62
247
51
253
55
247
49
289
52
297
Other with Children
84
338
93
361
73
352
66
435
68
378
Source: HL1 and HL3 dataset as at 18/08/2022
Notes on tables:
Figures may be based on the total duration of multiple temporary accommodation placements taken up by a household. A complete set of temporary accommodation placement data is not available prior to 2017-18. Figures refer to households with a homeless application that closed in the given year that took up temporary accommodation.
Information on household type is derived from the information on household type as at the time of the original homelessness application, and therefore may not reflect the actual composition of the household whilst in temporary accommodation. "Other" includes households with 2 adults that are not a couple or households with more than 2 adults.