FOI request (FOIR-542965655)

Disability recording in temporary accommodation

Requested Wed 30 August 2023
Responded Thu 14 September 2023

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I respectfully request the following information:

1. Do you record people's disabilities when placing them into temporary accommodation?

2. If so, how many people currently living in temporary accommodation (that you placed there) have disabilities?

3. What percentage is that of the total number of people currently living in temporary accommodation (that you placed there)?

4. How do you record their disabilities? (Please describe the recording system you have in place and how the data is stored.)

5. How is the data used? (For example, are residents with disabilities prioritised in any way when they need a repair/help?)

Response

1. Yes

2. 249 people have disabilities recorded on their housing record.

3. We currently have 1203 people in total in temporary accommodation, so 20.7%.

4. We hold information on a secure, web-based system that only Hastings Borough Council officers have access to and they must use a login and password to access the system.

5. Information not held.