Total placements in bed and breakfasts, by length of stay and provision

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Table

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Data values	Data description	Period	Area	Length of stay
33	Total placements	2025-26	Wales	Under 48 hours
9	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17, accommodated by the current homelessness legislation	2025-26	Wales	Under 48 hours
12	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17, accommodated by children’s social services	2025-26	Wales	Under 48 hours
21	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17	2025-26	Wales	Under 48 hours
12	Placements which are care leavers only, aged 18 to 21, accommodated by the current homelessness legislation	2025-26	Wales	Under 48 hours
66	Total placements	2025-26	Wales	48 hours to under 2 weeks
18	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17, accommodated by the current homelessness legislation	2025-26	Wales	48 hours to under 2 weeks
3	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17, accommodated by children’s social services	2025-26	Wales	48 hours to under 2 weeks
21	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17	2025-26	Wales	48 hours to under 2 weeks
45	Placements which are care leavers only, aged 18 to 21, accommodated by the current homelessness legislation	2025-26	Wales	48 hours to under 2 weeks
90	Total placements	2025-26	Wales	2 weeks to 6 weeks
21	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17, accommodated by the current homelessness legislation	2025-26	Wales	2 weeks to 6 weeks
15	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17, accommodated by children’s social services	2025-26	Wales	2 weeks to 6 weeks
36	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17	2025-26	Wales	2 weeks to 6 weeks
51	Placements which are care leavers only, aged 18 to 21, accommodated by the current homelessness legislation	2025-26	Wales	2 weeks to 6 weeks
294	Total placements	2025-26	Wales	6 weeks and over
54	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17, accommodated by the current homelessness legislation	2025-26	Wales	6 weeks and over
36	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17, accommodated by children’s social services	2025-26	Wales	6 weeks and over
90	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17	2025-26	Wales	6 weeks and over
204	Placements which are care leavers only, aged 18 to 21, accommodated by the current homelessness legislation	2025-26	Wales	6 weeks and over
483	Total placements	2025-26	Wales	Total
102	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17, accommodated by the current homelessness legislation	2025-26	Wales	Total
69	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17, accommodated by children’s social services	2025-26	Wales	Total
171	Placements which are single person household: Aged 16 to 17	2025-26	Wales	Total
315	Placements which are care leavers only, aged 18 to 21, accommodated by the current homelessness legislation	2025-26	Wales	Total

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Next update expected:July 2027

Updates

• 22nd July 2026:

  2025-26

• 22nd January 2026: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Accredited official statistics
• Data provider: Local Authorities
• Data source: No specific source from data provider
• Dataset ID: a174195e-6df1-41d2-9359-224c1b059341

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  The information is collected in order to establish the number of placements made by local authorities into bed and breakfast accommodation to meet the immediate housing needs of all young people aged 16/17, and also 18-20 year olds (up to 21st birthday) who have previously been in care.

• Data collection or calculation:

  The information is based on a statistical return completed by local authorities in Wales.

• Statistical quality:

  Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink:

• Rounding applied:

  Disclosure control has been applied to the data. All figures less than 3 have been supressed. All other figures are rounded independently to the nearest 3. As a result, there may be a difference between the sum of the constituent items and the total.

• Related reports:
  • Homelessness statistics

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: stats.housing@gov.wales