AN “absolutely scandalous” 104 child deaths have been potentially linked to temporary accommodation in England, according to a new parliamentary report.

Under one-year-olds made up 76 of the mortalities from April 1 2019 to March 31 2025 where their accommodation in bed and breakfasts and hostels were listed as a contributing factor to their vulnerability, ill-health or death.

The data was collected for the first time by University of Oxford-based project MBRRACE-UK and published by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for households in temporary accommodation today.

Its report found that of all 3,303 deaths of babies in England born between January 1 and December 3 2024, at least 91 — 64 stillbirths and 27 neonatal deaths — were to mothers who had lived in such accommodation or been otherwise homeless during their pregnancy.

The APPG added that 140 children with their main residence listed as temporary accommodation had died between October 2023 and September 2025.

Assessments are still being carried out as to whether their living conditions were a contributing factor to their deaths.

APPG chairwoman Dame Siobhain McDonagh said that she was “appalled to see yet another rise in the number of children whose deaths have been linked to temporary accommodation” and that the new data on stillbirths and neonatal deaths was “equally shocking.”

The number of children living in temporary accommodation is at a record high, according to government figures.

Anti-poverty charity, the Shared Health Foundation, branded the number of deaths in the latest data “absolutely scandalous” and said there “must be a turning point.”

Homelessness Minister Alison McGovern said: “It breaks my heart that B&Bs are tragically contributing to the deaths of children.

“We must and we are improving the whole system, so every child can get the best start in life.”