Response 3580434

Response to request for information

Reference

3580434

Response date

6 November 2024

Request

Question 1) This refers to the dates of every local authority Severe Weather Emergency Protocols activation since January 1st 2021 - activation is defined as when the weather has reached a prescribed threshold that is temperature based or aligned with the Cold-Heath Alert (CHA) System leading to emergency spaces for shelter being made available for people sleeping rough.

Question 2) This refers to the duration of the SWEP activation. Please answer in hours. If accurate data on duration is not available, please answer to the nearest day (enter 24 hours for roughly one day, 48 hours for roughly two days etc)

Question 3) This refers to the total number of spaces (including bed spaces and sit ups) made available under the Severe Weather Emergency protocols in your local authority area.

Question 4) This refers to the total number of spaces (including bed spaces and sit ups) that are specifically made available under SWEP to young people aged 16-25.

Question 5) This refers to the total number of spaces (including bed spaces and sit ups) that are specifically made available under SWEP to all peoples defined as priority need in both s.189(1)(a) Housing Act 1996 and The Homelessness (Priority Need for Accommodation) (England) Order 2002

Response

The information requested is contained in the response spreadsheet.

Notes: 

Where any one set of data is not recorded or is recorded in a way that is not accessible for the purposes of the FOI, please inform us of this, and proceed to the next question.

For any one query, if you record any of this data, but not using the variables and/or formats requested, please provide us with this data as you possess it, where possible.

Please note that answers to questions 3, 4 and 5 refer to the numbers of spaces made available on the respective activation dates given in your answers to question 1.