FOI request (FOIR-381778951)

Temporary accommodation

Requested Mon 29 November 2021
Responded  Fri 07 January 2022

Response

Q1. Please see https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness

Q2. Please see https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness

Q3. As at 01/12/2021 currently there are 367 households in Temporary Accommodation.

Q4. New placements:

January 2021 = 34

February 2021 = 41

Mar 2021 = 35

April 2021 = 38

May 2021 = 26

June 2021 = 44

July 2021 = 40

August 2021 = 30

September 2021 = 40

October 2021 = 40

November 2021 = 46

Q5. & Q6. Due to staff sickness, we currently don't have the resources to manually update our payment records, in order to identify which households are in arrears. However, I can confirm that when households are placed in temporary accommodation, Housing Benefit forms are completed. If customer is entitled to any Housing Benefit, its paid directly to us, but will be paid 4 weeks in arrears. Most households placed in temporary accommodation will be entitled to Housing Benefit. For those customers who aren't entitled to Housing Benefit (approx 30 households), they must pay for the cost of temporary accommodation themselves. As mentioned above, our payment records aren't up to date so therefore unable to state how many households are in arrears. Most of our temporary accommodation is owned and managed by private companies who invoice us on a regular basis. We pay them on receipt of that invoice.

Q7. NRPF = 7

Q8. 2 people with NRPF accommodated at / since 01/04/2021 under Everyone In / Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP).