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FOI request (FOIR-120276810)
Youth Homelessness Data
Requested Wed 22 May 2019
Responded Wed 19 June 2019We kindly request the information in the query below. In all queries ‘2018-2019’ refers to the financial year from April 2018 to March 2019.
We are requesting data for each quarter of this financial year (below) and the total for 2018-19.
Quarter 1: 1st April – 30th June 2018
Quarter 2: 1st July – 30th September 2018
Quarter 3: 1st October – 31st December 2018
Quarter 4: 1st January – 31st March 2019
Annual total: 1st April 2018 – 31st March 2019
Homelessness presentations, assessments and eligibility in 2018-2019
Within your local authority in 2018-2019, how many 16-24 year olds:
1) Presented themselves as homeless, or at risk of homelessness*
2) Were assessed under the Homelessness Reduction Act (HRA) 2017
3) Received an initial decision of being owed:
a. Prevention duty under HRA
b. Relief duty under HRA
4) Prevention duty ended:
a. With accommodation secured
b. Leading to relief duty
c. Any other reason
5) Relief ended:
a. With accommodation secured
b. for any other reason (not including those who progress to an assessment under the Housing Act 1996)
6) Were assessed under the Housing Act 1996
7) Were accepted as statutorily homeless and owed a duty
Please note that the P1E returns are not suitable for this request as they do not provide data broken down by age.
*This does not include general housing advice. By presenting we mean all who presented themselves as homeless even if they were not subsequently assessed, for example:
a. Presented before 56 days of becoming as homeless, or at risk of homelessness
b. Believed they were homeless but did not meet requirements
c. Presented but had no recourse to public funds.
Response
Please see attached completed spreadsheet.
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