FI16491
Request
I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to gather information regarding the number of individuals and families classified as homeless and placed in “temporary accommodation” throughout the year.
1. Monthly Homelessness Data in Temporary Accommodation
2. Monthly Counts of Individuals and Households in Temporary Accommodation:
For each month in the past five years (November 2021- November 2025), please provide the total number of individuals and households recorded as homeless and residing in “temporary accommodation.”
Include a breakdown of the types of accommodation provided (e.g., hotels, B&Bs, hostels, caravans, shelters).
Please categorise those in temporary accommodation as follows:
-Single parents with children, identifying mothers and fathers separately if possible.
-Individuals without children.
-Family units, classified by family size (e.g., mother, father, and one child; mother, father, and two children, etc.).
Response
The information you have sought is attached to this email. Please note that the Council moved to its current software provider in July 2023 and only live data was transferred so we do not hold information back to November 2021.
We do not specifically record the breakdown of household types into single parents and family units and although we hold this information it is not readily available. From our preliminary assessment, we have estimated that the cost of complying with this part of your request would exceed the ‘appropriate limit’ as it would involve checking each individual case file. The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations and for Local Government it is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 2½ working days in determining whether the information is held, locating, retrieving and extracting the data. I regret therefore, that on this occasion I must refuse this part your request in accordance with Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act.
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