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Response 3545006

Response to request for information

Reference

3545006

Response date

8 August 2024

Request

Please can I request the following information to be sent back via email under the freedom of information act.

  1. The average length of time households spent in temporary accommodation (including b&b and hotels) after making a homelessness application to the council :
    1. between April 1 2023 and March 31 2024
    2. between April 1 2024 and July 31 2024 
  1. The average length of time households with children spent in temporary accommodation (including b&b and hotels) after making a homelessness application to the council:
    1. between April 1 2023 and March 31 2024
    2. between April 1 2024 and July 31 2024
  1. Whether the figures you provide take into account households being moved from one temporary accommodation – to another. Or whether it is reflective of the amount of time the same households are spending in temporary accommodation (even if it is 4 hotels etc, over time)

Response

Please can I request the following information to be sent back via email under the freedom of information act.

  1. The average length of time households spent in temporary accommodation (including b&b and hotels) after making a homelessness application to the council :
    1. between April 1 2023 and March 31 2024 - 6 weeks
    2. between April 1 2024 and July 31 2024 - 4 weeks
  1. The average length of time households with children spent in temporary accommodation (including b&b and hotels) after making a homelessness application to the council:
    1. between April 1 2023 and March 31 2024 - 10 weeks
    2. between April 1 2024 and July 31 2024 - 8 weeks
  1. Whether the figures you provide take into account households being moved from one temporary accommodation – to another. Or whether it is reflective of the amount of time the same households are spending in temporary accommodation (even if it is 4 hotels etc, over time)

Figures do not take in to account being moved between placements and are reflective of the amount of time the same households are spending in temporary accommodation.

FOI Housing