Response 3568848

Response to request for information

Reference

3568848

Response date

4 October 2024

Request

Please could you provide the most up-to-date figures you have on the average time (in days if possible) that homeless applicants owed the main homelessness duty on the housing register take to be housed for 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom properties.

Response

I have to advise you that we will not be able to answer your request without exceeding the appropriate limit. This is because a bespoke report would need to be created by a case management software provider to obtain these figures.

Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act makes provision for public authorities to refuse requests for information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed the appropriate limit, which for local authorities is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 2 working days in determining whether the authority holds the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting it. The appropriate limit is prescribed by regulation 3 of the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.