Professor John Robertson OBA

Thanks to Dottie for alerting us to this.

From BBC London on 23 October 2025, the above and:

Rents across England continue to rise, external as the numbers of households in temporary accommodation across the country are at a record high [170 000]. Meanwhile, the amount of housing benefit private renters can claim – the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) – remains frozen – as it has been for most of the past decade. Housing sector organisations, including landlords and homeless charities, are urging the government to unfreeze LHA, fearful that it’s driving more renters into homelessness.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj41v8n1ydvo

The equivalent figure in Scotland is 10 180:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/homelessness-in-scotland-2024-25/,

That’s then multiplied by 10 times to get the pro rata figure 101 800.

The actual figure in England, 170 000 is thus 68 000 or 66.7% higher.