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 1,000 households)
H-CLIC Homelessness returns
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
England
April 2018 to June 2018 - October 2020 to December 2020
Quarterly and annually
April 2018 to June 2018
N/A
Number of homelessness applications registered; Number of homelessness applications registered (per 1,000 households)
Homelessness in Scotland
Scottish Government
Scotland
April 2002 to March 2003 - April 2019 to March 2020
Annually
April 2002 to March 2003
N/A
Number of households initially assessed for homelessness; Number of households initially assessed for homelessness (per 1,000 households)
Homelessness data collection
Welsh Government
Wales
April 2015 to March 2016 - April 2019 to March 2020
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 1,000 households)
Homelessness Bulletin
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Northern Ireland
April 2018 to September 2018 - January 2020 to June 2020
Quarterly and biannually
April 2018 to September 2018
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