FOI request (FOIR-418458825)

Exempt Accommodation

Requested Thu 28 April 2022
Responded  Thu 16 June 2022

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to request the below information regarding exempt accommodation (as set out in Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 20061, Schedule 3, paragraph 4(10)) in your council area.

For the financial years 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, please provide the below.

Please note: If the exact figure is not known, please provide the figure that the council uses in its own accounting/record keeping, and indicate that it is a council-estimated figure.

1. How much money was paid out by the council to providers to supply exempt accommodation in total in each of these financial years?

2. How many people in the council area were housed in exempt accommodation paid for by the council?

3. What is the average claim (in £) by providers per individual per year to supply exempt accommodation in your council area?

4. If different from q3, what is the highest claim (in £) by providers per individual per year to supply exempt accommodation in your council area?

Response

For the financial years 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20, please provide the below:

1. How much money was paid out by the council to providers to supply exempt accommodation in total in each of these financial years?

a. 2019/20 - £2,122,664.74

b. 2020/21 - £2,138,770.87

c. 2021/22 - £2,357,390.24

2. How many people in the council area were housed in exempt accommodation paid for by the council?

a. 2019/20 - 367

b. 2020/21 - 341

c. 2021/22 - 402

3. What is the average claim (in £) by providers per individual per year to supply exempt accommodation in your council area?

a. 2019/20 - £8,987.68

b. 2020/21 - £9,615.20

c. 2021/22 - £9,968.40

4. If different from q3, what is the highest claim (in £) by providers per individual per year to supply exempt accommodation in your council area?

a. 2019/20 - £15,813.20

b. 2020/21 - £16,032.12

c. 2021/22 - £14,951.04