Response 915810

Response to request for information

Reference

915810

Response date

1 August 2022

Request

1. Of the households living with children in temporary accommodation at the end of December 2021 (the last quarterly data publicly available), how many were placed in accommodation outside of your local authority area?
2. Of the households living with children in temporary accommodation in each of the following financial years, how many were placed in accommodation outside of your local authority area?
   • a. 2017/2018
   • b. 2018/2019
   • c. 2019/2020
   • d. 2020/2021
   • e. 2021/2022
3. For the households with children who left a placement in B&B/ hotel accommodation during each of the following financial years, what was the average time spent in B&B/hotel accommodation?
   • 2017/2018
   • 2018/2019
   • 2019/2020
   • 2020/2021
   • 2021/2022

Response

1. Of the households living with children in temporary accommodation at the end of December 2021 (the last quarterly data publicly available), how many were placed in accommodation outside of your local authority area? Zero
2. Of the households living with children in temporary accommodation in each of the following financial years, how many were placed in accommodation outside of your local authority area? Unable to provide figures due to reporting restrictions. 
3. For the households with children who left a placement in B&B/ hotel accommodation during each of the following financial years, what was the average time spent in B&B/hotel accommodation?
   • 2017/2018 - 2 days
   • 2018/2019 - 57 days (average higher figure due to one case being accommodated for 146 days. Excluding this one case would give average of 28 days)
   • 2019/2020 - 22 days
   • 2020/2021 - 42 days
   • 2021/2022 - 31 days