| Housing Minister Grant Shapps has revealed that at the end of December 2011 450 families with dependent children had been housed in bed and breakfasts in England for more than six weeks. The figure, which was released following a parliamentary question by Labour shadow minister for young people Karen Buck, is triple that of December 2010. |
| Source: Hansard 23 May 2012 |
| Further information: Children & Young People Now 25 May 2012 |
