FOI request (FOIR-516541097)

Homeless in the Hastings

Requested Wed 17 May 2023
Responded Mon 19 June 2023

Please advise for each year of the Adopted Local Plan period the yearly cost of providing overnight accommodation for the homeless in the Hastings Borough Council administrative area or outside if this has also been necessary.

Response

The adopted local Plan runs from 2011 - 2028 (we use financial years so that's 2011/12 - 2027/28).

We are only required to hold accounts for 6 years. However, information is held for the past 8 years and is provided below.

Please note: these are gross figures for accommodation costs in general. The cost code associated with these figures is not broken down as to the type of accommodation.

2014/2015 - £292,920.08

2015/2016 - £323,277.86

2016/2017 - £543,911.48

2017/2018 - £926,080.15

2018/2019 - £1,229,592.16

2019/2020 - £2,310,601.01

2020/2021 - £2,953,973.12

2021/2022 - £4,356,882.22