Lord Adebowale – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Adebowale on 2016-07-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children aged 16 or 17 have presented to their local authority as homeless, and how many of those were accommodated under the Children Act 1989, in (1) 2015–16, and (2) 2014–15.

Lord Nash

The Department for Education does not collect information on the number of children aged 16 or 17 who have presented to their local authority as homeless, or how many have been accommodated as a result of homelessness.