Homelessness applications
UK
Number of households (000s)
Not comparable due to substantial differences in legislation across each of the nations.
More detail can be found on the GSS's interactive tool: https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/tools/GSS-Homelessness-Interactive-Tool/
Number of households assessed for homelessness; Number of households assessed for homelessness (per 100,000 households)
H-CLIC Homelessness returns
Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
England
2018 Q2 - 2022 Q2
Quarterly and annually
2018 Q2
N/A
Number of homelessness applications registered; Number of homelessness applications registered (per 100,000 households)
Homelessness in Scotland
Scottish Government
Scotland
2002 to 2003 to 2021 to 2022
Annually
2002 to 2003
N/A
Number of households initially assessed for homelessness; Number of households initially assessed for homelessness (per 100,000 households)
Homelessness data collection
Welsh Government
Wales
April 2015 to March 2016 - April 2021 to March 2022
Annually
April 2015 to March 2016
Time series not available beyond March 2015 because of changes in legislation and data collection.
Number of households assessed for homelessness; Number of households assessed for homelessness (per 100,000 households)
Homelessness Bulletin
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Northern Ireland
2018 April to September to 2022 January to June
Quarterly and biannually
2018 April to September
The housing bulletin provides more recent quarterly statistics than the homelessness bulletin but at the country level only https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/housing-statistics