FOI request (FOIR-249819972)

Homeless Households

Requested Tue 15 September 2020
Responded Thu 15 October 2020

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Response

In meeting your duties to homeless households as per Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017) how many households have you arranged accommodation for outside of your district / borough in the last four quarters (ie from the quarter starting July 1 2019 to the quarter ending June 30 2020)?

- Total number of temporary accommodations placements made (Note: some households may have had more than one placement) :

July - September 2019 = 25

October - December 2020 = 67

January - March 2020 = 46

April - June 2020 = 39

- How many households have you arranged accommodation for in total in the same time period? Total number of temporary accommodations placements made (Note: some households may have had more than one placement) :

July - September 2019 = 124

October - December 2020 = 177

January - March 2020 = 190

April - June 2020 = 153

- For both of the above can you breakdown the number of households by those with children and those without? Placement made outside of the borough with children (Note: some households may have had more than one placement) :

July - September 2019 = 7

October - December 2020 = 13

January - March 2020 = 11

April - June 2020 = 2

- Total number of placements made with children (Note: some households may have had more than one placement) :

July - September 2019 = 54

October - December 2020 = 56

January - March 2020 = 73

April - June 2020 = 38

- Placements made outside the borough without children (Note: some households may have had more than one placement) :

July - September 2019 = 18

October - December 2020 = 54

January - March 2020 = 35

April - June 2020 = 37

- Total number of placements made without children (Note: some households may have had more than one placement) :

July - September 2019 = 68

October - December 2020 = 121

January - March 2020 = 117

April - June 2020 = 115

- How many notifications of out-of-district placements made by other councils in your district /borough have you received in this time period?

1st July - Dec 2019 - Information not held

From January 2020 = current 38 placements

- Do you have local authority staff procuring accommodation for you to use in meeting your duties to homeless households (as above) in other parts of the country, and if so, where?

No, only within the borough.