FOI request (FOIR-458657412)

Home Office - Refugees

Requested Fri 14 October 2022
Responded  Tue 08 November 2022

1. How many individual requests has the Council received from the Home Office to provide housing or accommodation for asylum seekers, refugees, legal migrants and illegal migrants? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

2. How many asylum seekers, refugees, legal migrants and illegal migrants has the Council successfully provided housing or accommodation for during this period? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

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3. How many requests has the Council received from the Home Office to provide housing or accommodation for asylum seekers? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

4. How many asylum seekers has the Council successfully provided housing or accommodation for? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

5. How many requests has the Council received from the Home Office to provide housing or accommodation for refugees? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

6. How many refugees has the Council successfully provided housing or accommodation for? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

7. How many requests has the Council received from the Home Office to provide housing or accommodation for legal migrants? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

8. How many legal migrants has the Council successfully provided housing or accommodation for? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

9. How many requests has the Council received from the Home Office to provide housing or accommodation for illegal migrants? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

10. How many illegal migrants has the Council successfully provided housing or accommodation for? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

Response

1. How many individual requests has the Council received from the Home Office to provide housing or accommodation for asylum seekers, refugees, legal migrants and illegal migrants? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

Answer: Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has not received any requests from the Home Office to provide housing for any person in the categories named above.

2. How many asylum seekers, refugees, legal migrants and illegal migrants has the Council successfully provided housing or accommodation for during this period? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

Answer: It is not the responsibility of the Council to provide accommodation for asylum seekers. No statistics are kept on 'legal migrants' as this would include those granted refugee status, those on the EU settlement scheme, as well as persons on spouse or employment visas. 'Illegal migrants' have no recourse to public funds so are not eligible for support from the Council.

However, we do hold information on households who have presented to the council and who are eligible for housing homelessness assistance under Part 6 and Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996, of which:

• EEA citizen residing in the UK prior to 31 December 2020: settled status, other, worker = 13 households were placed in temporary accommodation

• Non-UK: Indefinite Leave to Remain, Exceptional Leave to Remain, Granted refugee status, Limited leave to remain = 25 households were placed in temporary accommodation

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3. How many requests has the Council received from the Home Office to provide housing or accommodation for asylum seekers? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022) See above answer.

Answer: HBC has not received requests to provide accommodation for asylum seekers. This is a contract between the Home Office and their accommodation provider.

4. How many asylum seekers has the Council successfully provided housing or accommodation for? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

Answer: HBC has not received requests to provide accommodation for asylum seekers. This is a contract between the Home Office and their accommodation provider.

5. How many requests has the Council received from the Home Office to provide housing or accommodation for refugees? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

Answer: HBC has not received any requests from the Home Office to provide accommodation for refugees.

6. How many refugees has the Council successfully provided housing or accommodation for? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

Answer: See Q2 above

7. How many requests has the Council received from the Home Office to provide housing or accommodation for legal migrants? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

Answer: The Council has not received any requests from the Home Office to provide accommodation for anyone in this category.

8. How many legal migrants has the Council successfully provided housing or accommodation for? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

Answer: See Q2 above

9. How many requests has the Council received from the Home Office to provide housing or accommodation for illegal migrants? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

Answer: HBC has not received any requests from the Home Office to provide accommodation for illegal migrants.

10. How many illegal migrants has the Council successfully provided housing or accommodation for? (From Saturday 1st January 2022 - Friday 14th October 2022)

Answer: HBC is not able to assist anyone that is not legally in the UK and therefore would not have recourse to public funds.