FI16040

Request

For your local authority area, please provide the following information regarding children (aged 0-18) currently living in temporary accommodation who have been identified as disabled: 

Primary Data Request:

1. Total number of disabled children currently in temporary accommodation (or as of the most recent date for which data is available - please specify the date) 

Breakdown Information (if held):

2. Disability categories - breakdown by type of disability using your authority's recording system (e.g., physical disability, learning disability, autism spectrum conditions, sensory impairments, mental health conditions, multiple disabilities) 

3. Demographics: 

   - Age ranges (e.g., 0-5, 6-11, 12-17 years)

   - Gender breakdown 

4. Accommodation details (if recorded): 

   - Types of temporary accommodation (e.g., B&B, hostels, temporary housing units)

   - Average length of stay in temporary accommodation 

Historical Data:

5. Annual figures for the past 10 years (2014-2024) showing trends in numbers of disabled children in temporary accommodation, or for whatever period records are available. 

Format and Clarifications 

- Preferred format:

 Excel spreadsheet or CSV file, with PDF acceptable if other formats unavailable

- Disability definition: Please use whatever definition/criteria your authority uses to identify disabled children (e.g., EHCP, disability register, social care assessments)

- Data currency: Please specify the date to which the current figures relate

- Nil returns: If no data is held in any category, please confirm this explicitly

Response

We do not hold this information in a way that it can be extracted and reported on.