FOI request (FOI222203)

Temporary accommodation

Requested Fri 29 September 2017
Responded  Fri 29 September 2017

I'd like to find out some information about temporary accommodation please. Could you please answer the following six questions, under Freedom of Information legislation? For some of the questions I have included a table for you to populate to help you understand what information I am requesting.

1. Please state the amount of money spent by your local authority on temporary accommodation in each of the following financial years: 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/2017

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

Total

Amount of money spent on temporary accommodation

2. Please state the number of households placed into temporary accommodation by your local authority into areas outside of your local authority area in each of the following financial years: 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/2017

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

Total

Number of households placed into temporary accommodation outside your local authority area

3. Please provide a breakdown of the local authority areas that households have been placed into temporary accommodation by your local authority other than your own.  Please list the name of the local authority area, and the number of households placed in each, for each of the following financial years: 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/2017

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

Total

Number of households placed into temporary accommodation in local authority area A

(please name)

Number of households placed into temporary accommodation in local authority area B

(please name)

Number of households placed into temporary accommodation in local authority area C

(please name)

And so on

4. Please state the number of households who are living in Bed & Breakfast accommodation arranged by your local authority at the time of this request (15/08/2017)

5. Please state the number of households who are living in Bed & Breakfast accommodation arranged by your local authority at the time of this request (15/08/2017) AND who have been living in Bed & Breakfast accommodation for six months or more (since 15/02/2017or before)

6. For households that were living in temporary accommodation arranged by your local authority at the time of this request (15/08/2017), please state the five longest times that they had spent in temporary accommodation (including any moves between temporary accommodation placements, if calculable under the cost limit)

Response

1. 2012/2013 Gross - £287,026.52 Net - £137,515.59 2013/2014 Gross - £240,051.79 Net - £93,125.25 2014/2015 Gross - £326,601.88 Net - £146,328.68 2015/2016 Gross - £315,343.37 Net - £110,494.27 2016/2017 Gross - £558,335.51 Net - £318,561.58 2. 2012/2013 - 17 in total 2013/2014 - 2 in total 2014/2015 - 11 in total 2015/2016 - 5 in total 2016/2017 - 63 in total 3. 2012/2013 17 in total 14 in Eastbourne Council 3 in Rother Council 2013/2014 2 in total 2 in Eastbourne Council 2014/2015 11 in total 11 in Eastbourne Council 2015/2016 5 in total 2 in Eastbourne Council 3 in Rother Council 2016/2017 Bexhill, 1 Eastbourne, 52 Battle, 5 Rother, 2 Gillingham 3 Total, 63 4. 79 in total 4 in B&B accommodation 75 in annexe accommodation 5. 7 have been in B&B for over six months, currently in temporary accommodation number of households who are living in Bed & Breakfast accommodation arranged by your local authority at the time of this request (15/08/2017) = 83 6. 328 days 296 days 288 days 246 days 226 days