Response 3590063

Response to request for information

Reference

3590063

Response date

27 November 2024

Request

1. The number of veterans that were on a social housing waiting list in your local authority, in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19.

2. The average length of time spent by a veteran on a social housing waiting list in your local authority, since the start of the financial year 2018/19

3. The longest time a veteran has spent on a social housing waiting list in your local authority since the start of the financial year 2018/19

4. The number of complaints made by veterans in social housing about their social housing provision to your local authority, in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19

5. The number of veterans that contacted your local authority asking for financial support of any kind in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19.

Response

1. The number of veterans that were on a social housing waiting list in your local authority, in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19.

We are unable to report on this retrospectively, however there are currently 20 active applicants on the Council's housing register who have declared that they are either current or former members of the armed forces.

2. The average length of time spent by a veteran on a social housing waiting list in your local authority, since the start of the financial year 2018/19

11 months.

Note - this includes a number of older veterans who are choosing to wait for availability in a specific sheltered housing scheme.

3. The longest time a veteran has spent on a social housing waiting list in your local authority since the start of the financial year 2018/19

28 months .

Note - this includes a number of older veterans who are choosing to wait for availability in a specific sheltered housing scheme.

4. The number of complaints made by veterans in social housing about their social housing provision to your local authority, in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19

This information is not recorded by the Council.

5. The number of veterans that contacted your local authority asking for financial support of any kind in each month since the start of the financial year 2018/19.

This information is not recorded by the Council.