THE cost of booking homeless people into local hotels has gone up for taxpayers in North Lincolnshire.Last year, the tab for rooms at five hotels in Brigg and Scunthorpe was around £67,000 – a rise of £4,000 on the 2011-12 figure.A total of 61 people were accepted as statutory homeless in 2012-13 and in November it was estimated 15 people were sleeping rough.However, North Lincolnshire Council has revealed the number of families with children going into bed and breakfast...
