Notes
Housing-related websites
Introduction
The main sources for housing-related data used in this website are large government surveys, each of which is discussed in the relevant survey pages rather than here. These surveys are:
In this context, and apart from a few miscellaneous bits and pieces, the main subject for which website data is used is that of homelessness. Homelessness data is collected separately for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and, as the legislation framework is different between these countries, is largely not directly comparable between them.
Homelessness
Sources
In summary:
- English website: Department for Communities and Local Government - news section.
- Scottish website: Scottish Executive statistics - housing and regeneration section.
- Welsh website: Local Government Data Unit dissemination system website.
- Northern Irish website: Department for Social Development - housing statistics section
- Underlying datasets: administrative returns from local authorities.
- Update frequency: typically quarterly.
- Data format: typically spreadsheets.
Use made on this website
| Website | Indicator | Update timing | Graphs | Comments |
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| Department for Communities and Local Government - news section and search for the relevant press releases | Homelessness (England) | March | first | Tables 1 and 4. Add the four quarters together to get the yearly totals. In line with DCLG guidance, assume that those with dependent children are the same as those deemed 'in priority need' because they have dependent children. |
| second | Supplementary table by local authority. Add the four quarters together to get the yearly totals. |
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| June | third | Table 5. Use the first quarter of each year. Limited to those deemed 'in priority need'. |
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| fourth | Table 2. Use the first quarter of each year. Limited to those deemed 'in priority need'. |
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| fifth | Table 6. Use the first quarter of each year. Add in the equivalent data for Scotland and Wales to obtain GB-wide figures. |
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| sixth | Table 7. Use the first quarter of each year. |
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| seventh | Table 9. Use the first quarter of each year. |
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| Scottish Executive statistics - housing and regeneration section | Homelessness (Scotland) | September | first | Tables 2.1a and 2.1b. |
| second | Table 12. |
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| third | Table 9a. |
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| fourth | Table 14. |
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| Local Government Data Unit dissemination system website | Homelessness (Wales) | April | first and second | Tables 2 and 4b. Add the four quarters together to get the yearly totals. By definition, all households deemed 'not in priority need' do not have dependent children. Excludes the intentionally homeless. |
| third | Table 5. Add the four quarters together to get the yearly totals. Limited to those both deemed 'in priority need' and unintentionally homeless. |
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| fourth | Table 2. Add the four quarters together to get the yearly totals. |
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| July | fifth | Table 11. Use the first quarter of each year. |
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| Department for Social Development - housing statistics section | Homelessness (Northern Ireland) | October | first and second | Table 3.5. |
| third | Table 3.4. |
Miscellany
Use made on this website
| Indicator | Graphs | Website | Update timing | Comments |
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| Unmet housing need | first | Housing Corporation annual report | August | Need to search through the publication to find the figures. |
| In mortgage arrears | first | Council for Mortgage Lenders website - statistics section | February | Table AP1. |
| Housing Benefit | third | DWP Housing Benefit Operational Database | Quarterly | PM3 new claims decided within 14 days. |