Households accepted as homeless by quarter and seasonal adjustment
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Seasonally adjusted estimates of households accepted as homeless and households temporarily accommodatedLast update
24 June 2015Next update
September 2015 (provisional)Publishing organisation
Welsh GovernmentSource 1
Homelessness data collection, Welsh GovernmentContact email
stats.housing@wales.gsi.gov.ukDesignation
National StatisticsLowest level of geographical disaggregation
WalesGeographical coverage
WalesLanguages covered
English onlyData licensing
You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licenceGeneral description
The information presented here is based on Welsh local authorities' actions under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Act 1996. This covers the decision as to whether or not there is an obligation under the Act for the local authority to help the household. That is whether the authority accepts that the household is eligible, unintentionally homeless and falls within a priority need group. In this case the household is accepted as statutory homeless.Data collection and calculation
The information is based on a quarterly statistical return completed by local authorities in Wales. The information is collected in order to establish the number and type of households that were accepted as homeless by local authorities during the period and the reasons why these households are homeless. It is also used to establish the number of homeless households in temporary accommodation and the types of accommodation provided. This data is used by the Welsh Government, homelessness agencies and other housing organisations, in order to help monitor trends in the overall level of statutory homelessness across Wales.Seasonal Adjustment:
The number of households accepted as Homeless and the number placed in temporary accommodation will be affected by a number of external seasonal factors, including the weather, timing of decisions, as well as calendar and holiday periods such as Christmas and the New Year. The effect of such factors can be seen when looking at the statutory homelessness data over a prolonged time period. Seasonal adjustment is the statistical technique which removes these seasonal effects, and therefore allows easier analysis of trends in the data, and other non-seasonal changes. Following the analysis and review of work carried out on the seasonal adjustment of statutory homelessness data, as outlined in the statistical article 'Seasonal Adjustment of Statutory Homelessness Data', seasonally adjusted quarterly homelessness data is now available alongside the unadjusted quarterly data provided by local authorities. Removing the seasonality from the time series will help improve our understanding of trends over both the short and long term including in-year comparisons. It may also allow us to more easily assess the effect of other more specific factors on the overall numbers such as the economic downturn and welfare reform.
1. This data covers numbers of households not persons.
2. All the figures are rounded independently to the nearest 5 to protect the identity of individuals. As a result, there may be a difference between the sum of the constituent items and the total. An asterisk is shown when the data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.
4. For further information, please see the Statistical Release: noting in particular the Key Quality Information section towards the end of the document.
Frequency of publication
QuarterlyData reference periods
The information is based on a quarterly statistical return completed by local authorities in Wales from 2002-03.1. This data covers numbers of households not persons.
2. As a result, there may be a difference between the sum of the constituent items and the total.
3. An asterisk is shown when the data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication.
4. For further information, please see the Statistical Release: noting in particular the Key Quality Information section towards the end of the document.
