FOI request (FOI223047)

S17 housing

Requested Wed 13 September 2017
Responded  Wed 13 September 2017

We are publishing a report on homelessness in England and would like to understand how many families are being provided with accommodation under section 17 of the 1989 Children's Act.

These could be households provided with accommodation under section 17 for a range of reasons, including because they did not qualify for accommodation under the 1985 and 1996 Housing Acts because they were not eligible for assistance or because they were eligible for assistance but were found to be intentionally homeless.

We would like to collect information on the number of families that are currently in housing provided under section 17 of the children's act and the number of families placed into housing provided under section 17 of the Children's Act in the last twelve months.

We would be incredibly grateful for your help.

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of information Act 2000.

1.           

a) The number of households living in accommodation provided by the local authority under section 17 of the 1989 Children's Act at the end of April 2017

b) (if available) The total number of adults living in these households at the end of April 2017

c) (if available) The total number of children living in these households at the end of April 2017

2.

a) The number of households provided with accommodation by the local authority under section 17 of the 1989 Children's Act, in the 12 months to April 2017

b) (if available) The total number of adults in these households, in the 12 months to April 2017

c) (if available) and the total number of children in these households, in the 12 months to April 2017

Response

East Sussex County Council Children's Services deals with Section 17 of the 1989 Children's Act. It was not possible for them to provide a breakdown by individual district/borough because the areas the Children's Services teams cover are not co-terminus with district/borough boundaries, so information provided is based on Local Authority/County Council: EAST SUSSEX. Q1 (a) = 13 (b) = 17 (c) = 23 Q2 (a) = 28 (b) = 39 (c) = 52