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2024

March

Reference: 2640837

Subject:

  1. How many individuals were pregnant on the date they were placed in temporary accommodation between 1 January 2023 and 31st December 2023?
  2. Please provide a breakdown by ethnicity of the number of pregnant individuals identified in question one.
  3. How many children were 0-1 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation between 1 January 2023 and 31st December 2023?
  4. How many children were 1-2 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation between 1 January 2023 and 31st December 2023?
  5. Do you provide cots to households in temporary accommodation?
  6. If yes to question five, are cots for households in temporary accommodation funded from VCSFE, commissioned housing providers, or the local authority?
  7. Do you provide written or verbal safer sleep advice to families with children under the age of 2 moving into temporary accommodation?
  8. Do you currently have any local policy on the space that must be provided in temporary accommodation to a family with a child under 2 who will need space for a cot?
  9. If yes to question eight, please provide the relevant information.
  10. Do you currently have any local policy concerning the specific needs of families with neurodiverse children living in temporary accommodation?
  11. If yes to question ten, please provide the relevant information.

Response date: 27 March 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2640837

 

Reference: 2596645

Subject:

  1. Between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023, has your council used caravans and/or holiday parks to provide temporary accommodation to people presenting as homeless. Please provide a Yes/No answer. By presenting as homeless, I mean people who have presented to the council as homeless, and who the council has a duty to house, and therefore provided temporary accommodation before finding more secure housing. 
  • 1a. If yes, please can you also provide:
    • The name of the caravan/holiday park accommodation provider
    • The amount paid by the council to the caravan/holiday park accommodation provider per financial year
    • The number of people housed in caravans/holiday park accommodation
  1. Between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023, has your council used hotels to provide temporary accommodation to people presenting as homeless. Please provide a Yes/No answer.
  • 2a. If yes, please can you also provide:
    • The name of the hotel accommodation provider 
    • The amount paid by the council to the accommodation provider per financial year
    • The number of people in hotel accommodation
  1. Between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023, has your council provided tents to provide temporary accommodation to people presenting as homeless. Please provide a Yes/No answer.
  • 3a.If yes, please can you also provide:
    • The total costs spent on tents per financial year
    • The number of people to have received tents

Response date: 1 March 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2596645.

 

February

Reference: 2580214

Subject:

How many households in the local authority have spent under one year in temporary accommodation?

How many households in the local authority have spent between one to five years in temporary accommodation?

How many households in the local authority have spent between five to ten years in temporary accommodation?

How many households in the local authority have spent over ten years in temporary accommodation?

Can we this information for each year ending between 2013 to 2023.

Response date: 19 February 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2580214.

 

Reference: 2581995

Subject:

  1. How many requests for temporary accommodation did the council receive in 2021?
  2. How many people in total were housed in temporary accommodation by the council in 2021?
  3. In 2021, how many referrals to the council's environmental health team due to concerns about Category 1 hazards in temporary accommodation were made?
  4. How many requests for temporary accommodation did the council receive in 2022?
  5. How many people in total were housed in temporary accommodation by the council in 2022?
  6. In 2022, how many referrals to the council's environmental health team due to concerns about Category 1 hazards in temporary accommodation were made?
  7. How many requests for temporary accommodation did the council receive in 2023?
  8. How many people in total were housed in temporary accommodation by the council in 2023?
  9. In 2023, how many referrals to the council's environmental health team due to concerns about Category 1 hazards in temporary accommodation were made?
  10. How many requests for temporary accommodation has the council received so far in 2024, from January 1?
  11. How many people in total have been housed in temporary accommodation by the council in 2024, from January 1?
  12. In 2024, how many referrals to the council's environmental health team due to concerns about Category 1 hazards in temporary accommodation have been made so far?
  13. How many people are being housed in temporary accommodation by the council currently, in total?

Response date: 19 February 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2581995.

 

Reference: 2577655

Subject:

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following data pertaining to households with children in temporary accommodation.

Please provide the data for three (3) time periods: end of Dec 2023, end of Sept 2023, end of Dec 2022.

  • 1a. Number of households with children aged under 5 in temporary accommodation
  • 1b. Number of households with children (under 5) in temporary accommodation for more than 6 weeks
  • 1c. Number of households with children (under 5) in temporary accommodation for more than 6 months
  • 2a. Number of households with children aged under 5 in B&B temporary accommodation
  • 2b. Number of households with children (under 5) in B&B temporary accommodation for more than 6 weeks
  • 2c. Number of households with children (under 5) in B&B temporary accommodation for more than 6 months
  • 3a. Number of households with children aged under 5 in any temporary accommodation with shared kitchen/bathroom facilities (i.e. B&B, hostels, hotels)
  • 3b. Number of households with children (under 5) in any temporary accommodation with shared kitchen/bathroom facilities for more than 6 weeks
  • 3c. Number of households with children (under 5) in any temporary accommodation with shared kitchen/bathroom facilities for more than 6 months.
  • 4a. Number of households with children (aged under 18) in any temporary accommodation with shared kitchen/bathroom facilities (including but not limited to B&B, hostels, hotels)
  • 4b. Number of households with children (under 18) in any temporary accommodation with shared kitchen/bathroom facilities for more than 6 weeks
  • 4c. Number of households with children (under 18) in any temporary accommodation with shared kitchen/bathroom facilities for more than 6 months.

Response date: 9 February 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2577655.

 

January

Reference: 2574541

Subject:

1. How many refugee/asylum seeker households presented to the local authority as homeless in October, November and December 2023 providing the reason for homelessness as “Required to leave accommodation provided by Home Office as asylum support”.
Of these how many were owed:

  1. Relief duty
  2. Prevention duty

Response date: 30 January 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2574541.

 

Reference: 2569471

Subject:

  • The number of armed forces veterans residing in your local authority for each of the years a) 2018, b) 2019, c) 2020, d) 2021, e) 2022, f) 2023
  • The number of armed forces veterans who were identified as at risk of homelessness in your local authority for each of the years a) 2018, b) 2019, c) 2020, d) 2021, e) 2022, f) 2023

  • The number of armed forces veterans who were identified as at risk of homelessness due to a Section 21 notice in your local authority for each of the years a) 2018, b) 2019, c) 2020, d) 2021, e) 2022, f) 2023

Response date: 24 January 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2569471.

 

Reference: 2553953

Subject:

I'm requesting information on any rent-prediction or rent-gathering algorithms used by the council. Please provide me a list of tools, either in-house or through a third-party agent, the council uses to: 

  • Analyse the cost of housing in the area
  • Predict a tenant's ability to pay rent
  • Facilitate a tenant paying their rent

I would also like a copy of the most recent risk assessment of any algorithms that are used.

Response date: 11 January 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2553953.

 

Reference: 2565092

Subject:

I would like to know the number of people on the waiting list for social housing as of 31st January 2023.

I would like to know the mean wait time for social housing in 2023 for each band: A, B and C. If the bands are not applicable then just the average overall.

I would like to know many ex serviceman/veterans were on the waiting list as of 31st January 2023.

I would like to know how many women who were victims of domestic abuse were on the waiting list as of 31st January 2023 (this may be categorized as  violence/abuse in current home).

Response date: 11 January 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2565092.

 

Reference: 2560708

Subject:

Please can I request the number of deaths from 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2023 (inclusive) in each of the following housing situations in your local authority area:

  • accommodation for homeless people commissioned by your council, including hostels and supported accommodation for people identified as rough sleeping or with a history of rough sleeping
  • exempt accommodation
  • temporary accommodation commissioned by your local authority
  • supported accommodation for homeless young people commissioned by your council
  • rough sleeping or with no fixed abode

Response date: 04 January 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2560708.

 

2023

December

Reference: 2544998

Subject:

  1. Could you please provide me with a breakdown of the number of individuals/families you housed in temporary accommodation each year for the previous four years? Could you please break this down by financial year starting from 2019/20?

  2. Could you please provide me with the total amount spent on temporary accommodation across the last five years? Could you please break this down by financial year starting 2019/20
  3. Could you please provide the names of all of the companies you paid for accommodation that was used as temporary accommodation across the last four years? Could you please break this down by financial year starting 2019/20?

Response date: 28 December 2023

Response: Response to this request - 2544998.

 

November

Reference: 2541507

Subject:

Please could you provide the address of any temporary accommodation in your area which has been referred to the local authority's / council's environmental health team due to Category 1 hazards such as damp, mould or electrical faults in the year 2022/23? Please do also note the number of times the property has been referred to you due to safety concerns. 

Response date: 30 November 2023

Response: Response to this request - 2541507.

 

Reference: 2541482

Subject:

Please could you provide the authority's / council's list of temporary accommodation (TA) suppliers noting how many properties they provide to you as well as the addresses of these properties and how much the total spend per year with them is for the following financial years: 

  • 2019/20
  • 2020/21
  • 2021/22
  • 2022/23 

Response date: 28 November 2023

Response: Response to this request - 2541482.

 

Reference: 2539347

Subject:

  1. Please can you provide the number of complaints the council has had regarding:
    1. damp
    2. mould
    3. housing disrepair
  2. How much has the council paid out on repairs as a result of each of the issues listed above? Please can you provide the number of complaints the council has had regarding:
    1. damp
    2. mould
    3. housing disrepair

between 1 November 2021 to 1 November 2023

Response date: 28 November 2023

Response: Response to this request - 2539347.

 

Reference: 2536310

Subject:

What is the total number of people currently on a waiting list for social and council housing?

What is the total number of people currently on the waiting list for social and council housing that are non-UK nationals?

What is the breakdown of non-UK nationals on the waiting list by nationality?

Response date: 17 November 2023

Response: Response to this request - 2536310.

 

Reference: 2534681

Subject:

  1. In the financial year of 2023/24, as of 13.11.23, how much has your council spent on providing temporary accommodation and, if the figure is known, how much is the council projected to spend by the end of the financial year?
  2. In the financial year 2022/23, how much did your council spend on providing temporary accommodation?

Response date: 15 November 2023

Response: Response to this request - 2534681.

 

Reference: 2533094

Subject:

  1. The average length of time households spent in temporary accommodation after making a homelessness application to the council in each of the past 4 and a half years…
  2. The average length of time households with children spent in temporary accommodation after making a homelessness application to the council in each of the past 4 and a half years…
  3. What were the number of households in Temporary Accommodation
  4. 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?

Response date: 15 November 2023

Response: Response to this request - 2533094.

 

Reference: 2530162

Subject:

  • The total spent providing homelessness relief and prevention duties to residents within your authority area as a result of a section 21 eviction (please provide both totals);
  • For each of the last 4 financial years (2019-2020, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)

Response date: 15 November 2023

Response: Response to this request - 2530162.

 

Reference: 2529772

Subject:

  1. The number of Afghan citizens who entered the UK under ACRS or ARAP are living within your district within Government funded bridging accommodation.
  2. The number of Afghan citizens in your district who entered the UK under ACRS or ARAP have declared themselves as homeless.
  3. What plans are in place to respond to homelessness amongst this cohort, including the use of bridging accommodation.

Response date: 02 November 2023

Response: Response to this request - 2529772.

 

Reference: 2529008

Subject:

  1. How many individuals did your council supply telecare to last year?
  2. How many of those individuals were over the age of 65?
  3. How many of those individuals lived alone?
  4. What is the total population of your area?
  5. Could you please provide a copy of your Better Care Fund Plan if it exists.

Response date: 2 November 2023

Response: Response to this request - 2529008.

 

Reference: 2527218

Subject:

  1. The number of ‘new refugees’ who applied to the Council for housing in 2022?
  2. The number of ‘new refugees’ who presented as homeless to the Council in 2022?
  3. The number of ‘new refugees who have applied to the Council for housing in 2023 (up until today’s date)?
  4. The number of ‘new refugees’ who have presented as homeless to the Council in 2023 (up until today’s date)?
  5. Does your Council have an estimate of the number of ‘new refugees’ who will approach you for housing behind today’s date and the end of 2023?

Response date: 2 November 2023

Response: Response to this request - 2527218.

 

October

Reference: 1867568

Subject:

How many households across your council area have approached the council for advice and support to prevent them becoming homelessness in the past five years.

If possible, please provide data broken down by year by calendar year. If you could break it down from 2018-2022 and then any data you have so

Response date: 30 October 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1867568.

 

Reference: 1865895

Subject:

  1. The number of complaints received per year by tenants related to private rented sector housing per year for the following years:
    2021/2022
    2022/2023
  2. The number of complaints received per year by tenants related to social housing per year for the following years:
    2021/2022
    2022/2023
  3. The number of Housing, Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspections carried out per year on PRS properties for the following years:
    2021/2022
    2022/2023
  4. How many improvement notices have been served in relation to Category 1 and/or Category 2 hazards on PRS properties per year for the following years:
    2021/2022
    2022/2023
    If possible, please list the total number of Improvement Notices served exclusively because of category 1 hazards.
  5. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Overcrowding Notices (Housing Act 2004 Part 2) on properties in the PRS for the following years:
    2021/2022
    2022/2023
  6. For each year since the offence was introduced, the number of civil penalties (if any) issued to private landlords for the following offences:
    a) Smoke and Carbon Monoxide (England) Regulations 2015
    b) The Electrical Safety Standards in the PRS (England) Regulations 2020

Optional open box question to council officers: As part of NRLA campaign work on local government, we want to explore any potential barriers councils face with enforcement of the PRS and what policy/legislative changes central government can make to remove the barriers and increase uptake of certain aspects of enforcement as and when it is required.
Therefore, we want to hear from council officers directly on what are the main barriers they face with issuing and enforcing civil penalties in the PRS currently. So, for example, factors like a lack of resources/funds, lack of legally trained staff, court waiting times etc. As this is an FOI request, I recognise that it is not mandatory for this question to be answered, however I would be most grateful if an answer can be provided so this can be fed into our lobbying work towards central government. Thank you for your assistance.

Response date: 27 October 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1865895.

 

Reference: 1862139

Subject:

Does your council have homelessness staff on-site at a council building to assess people approaching as homeless? (i.e. can people who are homeless go to council offices in person and be assessed by a person face-to-face).

  • If so, are the staff full time or part time? How many full time staff are there?
  • If full time, what happens at the weekend?
  • If part time, how many are there and how many days a week are people working in person?
  • If the council has no staff available for in person approaches, how do people approach the council?

Response date: 13 October 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1862139.

 

September

Reference: 1848945

Subject:

From the 1 January to the 31 December 2022:

1.

  1. How many homelessness cases were referred to Now Medical Ltd
  2. Of those cases identified in 1a, how many cases concerned vulnerability in relation to priority need under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996
  3. Of those from 1b, how many responses from Now Medical Ltd supported the conclusion that the individual was vulnerable?
  4. Of those from 1b, how many cases were then found to be vulnerable in the s.184 decision letter and therefore in priority need?

2.

  1. How many cases were referred to Housing Reviews Ltd
  2. Of those identified, how many cases concerned vulnerability in relation to priority need under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996
  3. Of those from 2b, how many supported the conclusion that the individual was vulnerable?
  4. Of those from 2b, how many cases were found to be vulnerable and therefore in priority need?

Response date: 14 September 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1848945.

 

Reference: 1842805

Subject:

  • Do you record people’s disabilities when placing them into temporary accommodation?
  • If so, how many people currently living in temporary accommodation (that you placed there) have disabilities?
  • What percentage is that of the total number of people currently living in temporary accommodation (that you placed there)?
  • How do you record their disabilities? (Please describe the recording system you have in place and how the data is stored)
  • How is the data used? (for example are residents with disabilities prioritised in any way when they need a repair / help)

Response date: 6 September 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1842805.

 

August

Reference: 1836023

Subject:

  1. The total number of Civil Penalties relating to housing offences served to private landlords per year for the following years:
    2021/2022
    2022/2023
  2. The number of Civil Penalties issued to private landlords each year (so 2021/2022 & 2022/2023) for each of the following offences:
    a) Failure to comply with an Improvement Notice (section 30 of the Housing Act 2004)
    b) Offences in relation to licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (section 72 of the Housing Act 2004)
    c) Offences in relation to licensing of houses under Part 3 of the Act (section 95 of the Housing Act 2004)
    d) Offences of contravention of an overcrowding notice (section 139 of the Housing Act 2004)
    e) Failure to comply with management regulations in respect of Houses in Multiple Occupation (section 234 of the Housing Act 2004)
    f) Banning Orders under the Housing and Planning Act 2016
    g) Offences in relation to Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) Regulations

  3. The total amount of income (£) levied (so before appeals / negotiations /legal costs etc) in Civil Penalties relating to housing offences to private landlords per year for the following years:
    2021/2022
    2022/2023

  4. The total amount of income (£) collected (after appeals / negotiations / legal costs etc) in Civil Penalties relating to housing offences to private landlords per year for the following years:
    2021/2022
    2022/2023

Response date: 14 August 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1836023.

 

Reference: 1834031

Subject:

  1. The number of households your local authority has placed on caravan sites and/or camping sites in the last 3 financial years for use as temporary, emergency or permanent accommodation, if any? Please provide the numbers down broken down year-by-year. (Note: if you are unable to provide data for 2022/23, please take the previous three full financial years i.e. 2019/20 to 2021/22)(Note: caravan or camping sites includes static homes)
  2. A list of the caravan and/or camping sites the local authority has placed households in with a breakdown of how many households were placed in each site in each given year.
  3. The length of stay of each household at the caravan or camping site. (Note: If you are unable to answer question 2 for any reason, please still provide an answer to Question 3 without disclosing the name of the camping / caravan site).
  4. The amount of money the local authority has paid for households to stay in caravan or camping sites in the last three full financial years. Can you please provide a breakdown of how much each caravan and/or camping site was paid?
  5. Has the council fully acquired i.e. purchased a caravan or camping site for the purpose of housing households in the past three full financial years? 

Response date: 14 August 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1834031.

 

Reference: 1828736

Subject:

Request for information on the number of households claiming Universal Credit and/or housing benefit who presented to you as homeless between May 2022 and June 2023.

As part of this request, I would like this information to be broken down into the following:

  • (i) The total number of households claiming Universal Credit presenting as homeless since May 2022, broken down into leasehold property, private rented and social housing;
  • (i) The total number of households claiming housing benefit – part of the legacy welfare system – presenting as homeless since May 2022, broken down into leasehold property, private rented and social housing (if relevant).

If the cost of breaking down property types exceeds the figure set out in Section 12 of the FOI Act, then please provide a total amount of households presenting while claiming Universal Credit.

Response date: 02 August 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1828736.

 

July

Reference: 1824353

Subject:

  1. How much money the council has paid to hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses for use as temporary or emergency accommodation for homeless households in the last four full financial years. (Note: if you are unable to provide data for 2022/23, please take the previous four full financial years i.e. 2018/19 to 2021/22)
  1. How many households the council has placed in hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts, and guest houses in the last four full financial years. (Note: if you are unable to provide data for 2022/23, please take the previous four full financial years i.e. 2018/19 to 2021/22)
  1. How long each household spent in the hotel, hostel, bed and breakfast or guest house placed in by the council before being placed in a self-contained housing (e.g. a flat or house) or before the council discharged their housing duty.
  1. A list of the hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses the council has used to house households in the last four full financial years.
    • Please ensure that the response is clear where the same provider has been used in more than one financial year.

Response date: 31 July 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1824353.

 

Reference: 1798480

Subject:

Please may you provide data on:

  • The number of applications the council has received for Disabled Facilities Grants in the last five years
  • The number of applications that have been accepted resulting in a Disabled Facilities Grant being awarded in this timeframe
  • The average time, from the date an application is received, it takes the council to make a decision on the application
  • The total amount the council has awarded on Disabled Facilities Grants in the last five years, split by year.

Response date: 4 July 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1798480.

 

June

Reference: 1809193

Subject:

I am reaching out to kindly request a list of empty residential properties within the councils jurisdiction. My objective is to engage with the owners of these properties with a view to revitalising and potentially leasing them back to the council. This collaboration could facilitate the provision of much-needed housing for the homeless population, and subsequently contribute to reducing waiting lists for housing.

Such an initiative would not only benefit the individuals who are in dire need of shelter but also positively impact the community by improving neighbourhoods and potentially reducing crime rates associated with vacant properties.

I am hopeful that you share in the vision of creating a more inclusive and supportive community for all its residents. I would greatly appreciate any assistance or information you can provide in this regard.

Response date: 27 June 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1809193.

 

Reference: 1801655

Subject: 

If possible, please provide data broken down by year. I don’t mind if the data is broken down by calendar year, financial year, or other 12-month reporting period.

  • Total number of complaints made by PRS (private rental sector) tenants to Local Housing Authority regarding PRS landlords or property managers each year for the last 5 reporting years
  • Total number of improvement notices issued by Local Housing Authority to PRS (private rental sector) landlords or property managers, each year for the last 5 reporting years
  • Total number of civil penalty notices issued by local authority to PRS (private rental sector) landlords or property managers each year in the last 5 reporting years
  • Total number of prosecutions made by local authority to PRS (private rental sector) landlords or property managers each year in the last 5 reporting years

Response date: 21 June 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1801655.

 

Reference: 1801654

Subject:

This request is about the use of temporary accommodation and referrals to PRS accommodation which is in a local authority area other than your own for households which have been accepted as homeless both under prevention and relief duties.
Unless otherwise specified the requests relate to the financial year 2022/2023.

  • Please provide a list of the locations (local authorities) where you have placed households for temporary accommodation.
  • Please confirm how many households were placed in temporary accommodation outside of your local authority area.
  • Please provide data on the ethnicity of those who were placed in temporary accommodation outside of your local authority area.
  • Please provide a list of the locations (local authorities) where you have assisted households into PRS accommodation.
  • Please confirm how many households were assisted into PRS accommodation outside of your local authority area.
  • Please provide data on the ethnicity of those who were assisted into PRS accommodation outside of your local authority area.
  • Please provide confirmation as to whether you hold stock of temporary accommodation within another local authority district. If yes, please confirm how many units and which local authority these are in.
  • Please provide confirmation as to whether you have specified PRS landlord contacts within another local authority district. If yes, please confirm how many landlords and which local authority these are in.

Response date: 21 June 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1801654.

 

Reference: 1140006

Subject:

  1. How many properties have had their EPC improved to an E or above as a direct result of the council engaging either formally or informally with landlords?
  2. How many proactive enforcement investigations has the council undertaken into suspected breaches of The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, Regulation 23 from April 2018 to April 2023? Please note a proactive investigation means one whereby the council has proactively identified a suspected breach of the regulations prior to contact with the tenant or landlord.
  3. How many reactive investigations has the council undertaken into suspected breaches of The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, Section 23 from April 2018 to April 2023? Please note reactive investigations includes investigations initiated in response to a complaint by a tenant or member of the public relating to any housing matter whereby the EPC is checked as part of the investigation and a suspected offence identified.
  4. How many breeches of The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, Section 23 has the council identified between April 2018 to April 2023
  5. How many penalty notices has the council served for breaches of Regulation 23 of The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 from April 2018 to April 2023?
  6. When did the council last undertake a stock condition survey (private sector housing stock)?
  7. Do you have access to Parity Projects data? (please note your council may have access to this for net zero or fuel poverty projects, the responsibility for which may sit outside the private sector housing service area)
  8. Do you have access to any other datasets (excluding EPC and council tax data) currently utilised for MEES enforcement? If so what data is used
  9. Does the council have access to any other data sets that detail the EPC rating and tenure of properties, currently utilised for net zero or fuel poverty projects? If so please give details
  10. Has the council received any funding from BEIS for the purpose of improving landlord compliance with the regulations? If so please include the total monetary allocation
  11. Has the council offered any financial incentives to landlords to assist them to comply with the regulations? If so please include the total amount paid by the council either directly to landlords or to 3rd party contractors between 2018 and 2023 and the number of properties directly improved as a result of the councils payments.
  12. How many properties within the councils area are suspected to be let (or continued to be let) in breach of Regulation 23 of The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015?
  13. Does the council have a dedicated MEES penalty matrix to determine penalty amounts?
  14. How many private rented properties within the Council's area have EPC ratings of D or below?
  15. How many officers have a delegated authority to investigate offences committed under The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 and issue penalty notices?
  16. How many new posts have been created within the department since 2016 to support enforcement of Private Sector Housing Standards?
  17. Does your department have written procedures for officers to follow when investigating breaches of MEEs? If yes, Please include a copy of the procedure in your reply

Response date: 21 June 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1140006.

 

Reference: 1137200

Subject:

The October 2022 – December 2022 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities statistics state that within this time period there were 4 households placed in temporary accommodation by Rushcliffe Borough Council to another district.

Are you able to confirm which districts these households were placed into, not providing any personal information regarding households other than which local authority district that the placement was located?

Response date: 14 June 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1137200.

 

Reference: 1119406

Subject:

I would be most grateful if you could provide the following information in respect of approved rent levels where the property is run by providers of exempt accommodation (regardless of whether they are registered as providers of social housing with the RSH) covering the period of the last 3 financial years (i.e. 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22):

  1. Please provide weekly Housing Benefit eligible rent levels paid for all supported accommodation in the Borough and clarify is these are supported but not exempt or supported exempt.
  2. Please advise the threshold levels at which you consider supported accommodation to be unreasonably expensive, and therefore subject to restriction.
  3. Please provide weekly Housing Benefit eligible rent levels paid for all supported accommodation in the Borough and clarify is these are supported but not exempt or supported exempt.
  4. If possible, please could you show the total/gross weekly rent split between the core rent, eligible and ineligible service charges. Can you indicate whether the rents are for the year to March 23 or from April 23.

Response date: 8 June 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1119406.

 

May

Reference: 1126719

Subject:

  • How many cases have there been in the last five years where people have been found dead in housing provided by the council where it is believed they have been undiscovered for more than two days? Please include the statistics for each year separately.
  • How many cases have there been in the last five years where people have been found dead in housing provided by the council where it is believed they have been undiscovered for more than five days? Please include the statistics for each year separately.
  • How many cases have there been in the last five years where people have been found dead in housing provided by the council where it is believed they have been undiscovered for more than ten days? Please include the statistics for each year separately.

Response date: 23 May 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1126719.

 

Reference: 1099439

Subject:

  1. How much Section 106 funding (i.e. commuted sums) has been received for affordable housing delivery broken down on a per annum basis for the period between 2012/13 and 2021/22?
  2. How much Section 106 funding has been spent on affordable housing delivery broken down on a per annum basis for the period between 2012/13 and 2021/22?
  3. How many affordable housing units have been secured directly through the Council making use of Section 106 funding broken down on a per annum basis for the period between 2012/13 and 2021/22?
  4. How much Section 106 funding secured for affordable housing broken down on a per annum basis for the period between 2012/13 and 2021/22 has been clawed back by developers?
  5. How many affordable housing units will be delivered from current schemes the Council has agreed to fund from Section 106 agreements?
  6. Does the council have a housing delivery housing delivery vehicle, such as an arms-length body, a Council owned company, or through development undertaken by the Council itself?
  7. If no to Q6: Does the Council have a published plan or intention to establish a housing delivery vehicle?
  8. If yes to Q6:
    1. The number of NET housing completions delivered by the councils housing delivery vehicle broken down on a per annum basis for the period between 2012/13 and 2021/22.
    2. The number of NET affordable housing completions delivered by the councils housing delivery vehicle broken down on a per annum basis for the period between 2012/13 and 2021/22.
    3. What are the primary sources of funding for the housing development vehicle?

Response date: 19 May 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1099439.

 

Reference: 1105298

Subject:

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am hoping to obtain information about the policy of Rushcliffe Council on supporting vulnerable customers.

I would like to request the following information:

What specific procedure does your council operate to identify and prevent vulnerable customers, who may be at risk of homelessness, from being sent to external enforcement agents for Council Tax arrears, which in turn will increase debt and could exacerbate their risk of homelessness?

Response date: 10 May 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1105298.

 

Reference: 1111830

Subject:

We would like to know about any young people aged 16-24 who approached you, including both as a main applicant and those who were part of a household or couple and were not the main applicant, during the financial year 2022-2023 because they were homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Response date: 9 May 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1111830.

 

 

April

Reference: 1100738

Subject:

I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for information held by the council Specifically, I would like the following information:

  1. The total number of people currently on the waiting list for council housing properties, broken down by bedroom number?
  2. The number of people currently on the waiting list for housing in each area of the council, broken down by property bedroom number?
  3. The anticipated waiting time for council accommodation, broken down by bedroom number.
  4. The anticipated waiting time for council accommodation in each geographical area, broken down by bedroom property number.
  5. The average waiting time for council accommodation, broken down by bedroom number, in each of the last ten years.
  6. The average waiting time for council accommodation in each geographical area, broken down by bedroom number, in each of the last ten years.

Response date: 28 April 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1100738.

 

Reference: 1097139

Subject:

  1. How many rough sleepers in your local authority area were accommodated in total between (a) 1 October 2020 to 30 June 2021 and then (b) 1 July 2021 to 1 April 2023?
  2. How many of the rough sleepers accommodated at any time during these periods (a) 1 October 2020 to 30 June 2021 and (b) 1 July 2021 to 1 April 2023?) are / were considered to be No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)?
  3. How many of the rough sleepers accommodated at any time during these periods (a) 1 October 2020 to 30 June 2021 and then (b) 1 July 2021 to 1 April 2023 are / were EU nationals?
  4. Have any rough sleepers placed in accommodation during this time ((a) 1 October 2020 to 30 June 2021 and then (b) 1 July 2021 to 1 April 2023) been supported through a reconnection service to another part of the UK or to return to country of origin as well as information on the age, gender, nationality and marital status of those who have subsequently accessed a reconnection service.
  5. Information (if any) more broadly on the number of people (excluding rough sleepers- as asked above) who have been supported through a reconnection service to another part of the UK or to return to country of origin as well as information on the age, gender, nationality and marital status of those who have accessed a reconnection service.
  6. Information on the source of funding for reconnecting/ supporting people to another part of the UK / return to their country of origin?

Response date: 28 April 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1097139.

 

Reference: 1095867

Subject:

  1. Does the council record how many households are living in overcrowded conditions in temporary accommodation (i.e. their temporary accommodation itself is overcrowded)? If so, please provide current (or most recent available) figures for overcrowding in temporary accommodation, and how the council has defined ‘overcrowding’.
  2. Please state how many households the council currently houses in temporary accommodation broken down by the size of the household (i.e. number of one-person households, number of two-person households, three-person households etc)
  3. Of the three-person households currently housed in temporary accommodation, how many are currently housed in one-bedroom properties?
  4. Of the households in the question 3 figure, how many have been in their current temporary accommodation placement for more than six months?
  5. Of the four-person households currently housed in temporary accommodation, how many are currently housed in one-bedroom properties?
  6. Of the households in the question 5 figure, how many have been in their current temporary accommodation placement for more than six months?
  7. Of the four-person households currently housed in temporary accommodation, how many are currently housed in two-bedroom properties?
  8. Of the households comprised of five or more people who are currently housed in temporary accommodation, how many are currently housed in one-bedroom properties?
  9. Of the households in the question 8 figure, how many have been in their current temporary accommodation placement for more than six months?
  10. Of the households comprised of five or more people who are currently housed in temporary accommodation, how many are currently housed in two-bedroom properties?
  11. Of the households in the question 10 figure, how many have been in their current temporary accommodation placement for more than six months?

Response date: 28 April 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1095867.

 

Reference: 1081585

Subject:

I wish to make an FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act, 2003. Please provide, within 20 working days:

  1. The number of premises (this means hotels as well as any other premises that have been repurposed) currently being used in the council area to house asylum seekers/migrants / those individuals waiting to be processed. 
  2. Please provide the number of individuals being housed in the council area.
  3. Please provide the names of the premises being used to house these individuals (if unable to provide this information please proceed with the rest of the request)
  4. The estimated annual cost to the council of housing and supporting these individuals (if unable to provide this information please proceed with the rest of the request)

Response date: 28 April 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1081585.

 

Reference: 1093276

Subject:

  1. How many properties do you currently have on Temporary Accommodation?
  1. Please can you advise us on the maximum that is paid per night for a Studio, 1 Bed, 2 Bed, 3 Bed & 4 Bed.
  1. Who are your largest 5 suppliers and how much do you pay them on average every month and provide the last 3 month they have invoiced you for?
  1. If we were to supply accommodation on this basis, please can you give us contact names and telephone numbers of the procurement team.

Response date: 16 April 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1093276.

 

Reference: 1092992

Subject:

How many fines have you issued for breaches of duty to provide energy performance certificate (EPC) since 2018 and how much do these fines amount to?

Response date: 16 April 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1092992.

 

Reference: 1083102

Subject:

An investigation on how regenerating vacant properties in England can help tackle the social and affordable housing shortage.

Response date: 12 April 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1083102.

 

Reference: 1082083

Subject:

What is the average waiting time for social housing in Rushcliffe for a single person in Band 3 who is pending homelessness.

Response date: 3 April 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1082083.

 

March

Reference: 1078945

Subject:

Please could you tell me whether there are any asylum seekers being accommodated in hotels your local authority area? To be clear, I am not asking you to provide any information that would directly identify, or reveal the specific address or ward area in which asylum seekers are being housed.

I would only like to know whether your local authority area is currently accommodating asylum seekers in a hotel or hotels, or not.

Response date: 31 March 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1078945.

 

Reference: 1071566

Subject:

Please find below a freedom on information request regarding the Local Authorities Funding Allocation for Domestic Abuse Duty received from central Government.

  1. What metrics are used to measure outcomes/impact/success of those who have successfully received funding from your local authority domestic violence fund?
  2. Which members of staff including positions are responsible for managing the domestic abuse fund? Please include a list of names of internal and external staff involved in the decision-making process.
  3. How many applications were submitted to your local authority for the domestic abuse duty fund?
  4. Please release any additional information held on the allocation of domestic abuse funding to local agencies, any information on the decision-making process and what regular contact, support, and outcomes are measured.
  5. Please detail how much money is given to each domestic violence organisation (or any other organisations or individuals who are in receipt of money allocated from the Domestic Abuse Duty fund).
  6. Please advise if any money is left over each year from this fund.

Response date: 22 March 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1071566.

 

Reference: 1065538

Subject:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:

  • Per Night emergency accommodation rates (in £s) payable by RUSHCLIFFE Council for a young adult aged 18-25
  • Per Night emergency accommodation rates (in £s) payable by RUSHCLIFFE Council for a young adult CARE LEAVER aged 18-25
  • Per Week emergency accommodation rates (in £s) payable by RUSHCLIFFE Council for a young adult aged 18-25
  • Per Week emergency accommodation rates (in £s) payable by RUSHCLIFFE Council for a young adult CARE LEAVER aged 18-25
  • Per Month emergency accommodation rates (in £s) payable by RUSHCLIFFE Council for a young adult aged 18-25
  • Per Month emergency accommodation rates (in £s) payable by RUSHCLIFFE council for a young adult CARE LEAVER aged 18-25
  • Long term weekly accommodation rates (in £s) payable by RUSHCLIFFE Council for a young adult aged 18-25
  • Long term weekly accommodation rates (in £s) payable by RUSHCLIFFE Council for a young adult CARE LEAVER aged 18-25

Response date: 15 March 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1065538.

 

Reference: 1060891

Subject:

  1. Does your Council provide a Careline/Warden Call service to residents? If your answer is No, then please return FOI but disregard questions 2-10
  2. How many connections (approximately) do you have? Please detail…Dispersed / Hardwired (independent living), Hardwired (extra care)
  3. Do you use an external provider for Careline monitoring? If so, can you please detail:
    • Name of monitoring centre/ provider with contract start / end date
    • Not applicable as council run (disregard questions 5-9 and answer questions 4 & 10 only)
  4. Do you have any intention to outsource your Careline monitoring in the next 3 years?
  5. What is the annual value of your monitoring contract?
  6. What is the ‘per connection’ charge of your monitoring contract (per week / month / annual as preferred)?
  7. Are happy with the performance of your careline monitoring provider?
  8. What tender framework/ portal does the council use for the procurement of careline monitoring?
  9. For your future monitoring services tender, will you include equipment maintenance / upgrades or keep separate?
  10. Who is the main person(s)/ decision maker (s) or team – who would be responsible for your Telecare monitoring centre - name/title/direct dial number/email?

Response date: 10 March 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1060891.

 

Reference: 1053150

Subject:

I would be very grateful if you could supply me with the contact details for the people who, on behalf of Rushcliffe Council, are involved with the resettlement of newcomers to the United Kingdom, including refugees and asylum seekers.

Response date: 10 March 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1053150.

 

Reference: 1046415

Subject:

QUESTION 1: How many people, currently (February 2023) awaiting asylum, are being housed in contingency accommodation in your district?

QUESTION 2: How many people awaiting asylum were housed in contingency accommodation in your district in March 2020?

Response date: 8 March 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1046415.

 

Reference: 1056427

Subject:

1. We are looking to find out if the council has done either of the models below for housing.

  1. Sale and Leaseback – Leaseback, short for "sale-and-leaseback", is a financial transaction in which one sells an asset and leases it back for the long term; therefore, one continues to be able to use the asset but no longer owns it.
  2. Income Strip – At its simplest, an income strip investment combines a strong tenant covenant, with a long-term lease and a forward funding arrangement to give an investor a stable and secure income stream. The strong tenant covenant frequently comes from the public sector such as local councils, and the long-term lease often runs between 30 and 50 years.

2. Can you advise of weekly rents paid for the following?

  1. Temporary accommodation for homeless relief
  2. Extra care housing (not including any service charge elements, just the core rent)
  3. Housing or beds for adults with complex care needs

3.  Does the council own any land or disused buildings that they would be prepared to sell and or re purpose?

Response date: 8 March 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1056427.

 

February

Reference: 1008422

Subject:

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

How many individuals who came to the UK as part of the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine scheme) or the Ukraine Family Scheme are now statutory homeless, as registered with your council?

To be clear, I am referring to Ukrainians who arrived in your council's constituency under either scheme and have now been recorded as statutory homeless.

If a parent has made the homelessness application/registration on behalf of a family, please include the total number of family members affected (not just the one member making the application).

Response date: 13 February 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1008422.

 

Reference: 1017005

Subject:

This is an information request relating to compensation paid to private housing companies for damages done by homeless people/rough sleepers to emergency accommodation.

Please include the information for each of the following financial years; 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 (to present):

  • How much has been paid annually to private housing companies for damage done by homeless people/rough sleepers in emergency accommodation
  • Information on the damage done, if this is held. For example, if there are damage reports/incident reports provided by the housing companies along with the invoice for any damage

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

Response date: 8 February 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1017005.

 

January

Reference: 1005857

Subject:

  1. What is the energy efficiency of the council's homes (managed or owned by the council)? Please provide either a distribution table with the number of buildings for each EPC rating or the percentage of the council’s homes that have received an EPC rating of C or above.
  1. What is the number of investigations, enforcement notices and enforcement actions that the council did, related to MEES (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards) in the 2021/22 financial year.

Where data is available separately for each statistic please provide separately. If only some information is available, please give me that information.

Response date: 19 January 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1005857.

 

Reference: 1003082

Subject:

Please provide a copy of the Local Authority's policy on when a Guest House (or similar) becomes, in the LA's opinion an HMO and therefore subject to HA 2004.

This question is raised in particular with regard to the considerable number of Guest Houses which house 'homeless' persons on a temporary or short term basis whilst permanent accommodation is found for them.

The policy (or additional notes) should explain how the LA judges whether each such individual is a "guest on licence" or a "tenant on implied AST".

This information will be used to give advice to landlords and so its accuracy is vital.

Any additional information that would help this firm in explaining to landlords your LA's distinctions (and therefore their liabilities within your LA area) would be welcomed.

Response date: 12 January 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1003083.

 

Reference: 998623

Subject:

Please can I request the number of deaths from 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022 (inclusive) in each of the following housing situations in your local authority area:

  • accommodation for homeless people commissioned by your council, including hostels and supported accommodation for people identified as rough sleeping or with a history of rough sleeping
  • exempt accommodation
  • temporary accommodation commissioned by your local authority
  • supported accommodation for homeless young people commissioned by your council
  • rough sleeping or with no fixed abode

Where you have access to any of the following information, please include the cause of death or suspected cause of death, date of death, the person’s gender, the person’s age when they died, their ethnicity, and their immigration status. If you cannot provide any of this additional information, then please just provide the number of deaths.

Response date: 5 January 2023

Response: Response to this request - 998623.

 

2022

December

Reference: 976878

Subject:

In the Council’s capacity as a Housing Benefit administrator, can you provide the twenty highest weekly Housing Benefit claims in payment in respect of specialist supported housing in Rushcliffe. 

Response date: 13 December 2022

Response: Response to this request - 976878.

 

Reference: 979895

Subject:

  1. Data (numbers / characteristics) collected on who turns down support offered by local authority outreach teams. This could include demographic / circumstantial information (i.e. why they refuse / where they are staying) on who disengages and the number of people
  2. Data (numbers / characteristics) collected on people who stay in squats, including the number of people who are arrested or cautioned for squatting in the local authority
  3. Data (numbers/characteristics) collected on people residing in unconventional accommodation types such as temporary structures
  4. A breakdown of where people are counted in local rough sleeping snapshots (e.g., cars, sheds, doorways) and the numbers
  5. Data collected on the number of people staying in overcrowded and concealed households and any accompanying demographic information such as sex, age, ethnicity.
  6. Data (numbers/characteristics) collected on the number of people who “sofa surf” or stay temporarily in the homes of others.

Response date: 9 December 2022

Response: Response to this request - 979895.

 

Reference: 976356

Subject:

The number of homeless individuals who have been evicted from council-funded or council run spaces in accommodation within the council’s remit in order to make way for migrants and asylum seekers.

Response date: 2 December 2022

Response: Response to this request - 976356.

 

November

Reference: 962278

Subject:

Information about homelessness:

  1. The number of people placed in temporary accommodation (including B&B's hotels etc) after making a homeless application
  1. The total cost of temporary accommodation (including B&B's hotels etc)
  2. How many homeless applications have the council received over the last 3 financial years plus the first 6 months of this financial year

Response date: 3 November 2022

Response: Response to this request - 962278.

 

October

Reference: 963673

Subject:

Please provide information on how many young people / families have been placed in holiday lets by council departments/bodies working on behalf of the council, for example, social services, housing associations, etc. 

Please break this down into which platform was used to book the holiday let, for example, Airbnb / Booking.com
Please also provide information on total costs of using this type of accommodation. 

Please provide this information for the last five years (2018 - 2022 inclusive), and please break the information down year-by-year.

Response date: 25 October 2022

Response: Response to this request - 963673.

 

Reference: 959805

Subject:

How many individual requests has the Council received from the Home Office to provide housing or accommodation for refugees, asylum seekers, legal migrants and illegal migrants between January 1 2022 to October 14 2022? How many have successfully been provided with housing or accommodation during the same time period?

Response date: 17 October 2022

Response: Response to this request - 959805.

 

September

Reference: 951941

Subject:

I write under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act to request data relating to the number of ‘rogue landlords’ successful prosecuted between January 2015 and July 2022. 

In the context of this request, the term ‘rogue landlord’ is defined as a landlord who ‘knowingly flouts their obligations by renting our unsafe and substandard accommodation to tenants, many of whom may be vulnerable.' 

As part of this, I would like the information broken down into the following: 

  • i) The number of rogue landlords not complying with safety regulations identified by this authority between January 2016 and July 2022; 
  • ii) Of this amount, the number of rogue landlords not complying with safety regulations that were successfully prosecuted during the requested time frame; 
  • iii) Of the total amount, the number of rogue landlords not complying with safety regulations that were unsuccessfully prosecuted during the requested time frame; 
  • iv) Of the total amount, how many rogue landlords not complying with safety regulations that have been punished via other means, for example fines.

Response date: 27 September 2022

Response: Response to this request - 951941.

 

Reference: 930260

Subject:

Does the Local Authority disregard all payments made under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (2005) as income, when assessing eligibility for:

    1. Housing Benefit
    2. Council Tax Support/ Council Tax Reduction
    3. Discretionary Housing Payments
    4. Disabled Facilities Grants (England and Wales only)

 (Please answer YES/NO)

Does the Local Authority disregard all payments made under the War Pension scheme, as income, when assessing eligibility for:

    1. Housing Benefit
    2. Council Tax Support/ Council Tax Reduction
    3. Discretionary Housing Payments
    4. Disabled Facilities Grants (England and Wales only)

 (Please answer YES/NO)

Does the Local Authority disregard a Service Invaliding Pension or Service Attributable Pension, paid under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme, as income, when assessing eligibility for:

    1. Housing Benefit
    2. Council Tax Support/ Council Tax Reduction
    3. Discretionary Housing Payments
    4. Disabled Facilities Grants (England and Wales only)

(Please answer YES/NO)

Response date: 7 September 2022

Response: Response to this request - 930260.

 

August

Reference: 939088

Subject:

  1. Do you have a homelessness policy?
  2. Has a homeless health needs audit been completed?
  3. Has a local homelessness review been completed to consider health and wellbeing and the role of health services?
  4. Do you provide training for those working with people experiencing homelessness in health care services, for example, standards for GP receptionists in primary care and practice managers?
  5. Do you have Pathways / protocols / services in place to prevent homelessness at discharge from hospital (including mental health and on release from prison)?
  6. Do you have a multidisciplinary team that works with people who are homeless? 

Response date: 31 August 2022

Response: Response to this request - 939088.

 

Reference: 924087

Subject:

Discretionary licensing

  • 1) Does your local authority currently operate a selective licensing scheme? If so, what kind of designation is it i.e., city wide/borough wide/single designation/multi designation.
  • 2) Is your local authority currently running/about to run a consultation for selective licensing and/or launching a selective licensing scheme in the next 12 months?
  • 3) Does your local authority currently operate an additional licensing scheme? If so, what kind of designation is it i.e:
    • city wide
    • borough wide
    • single designation
    • multi designation.
  • 4) Is your local authority currently running/about to run a consultation for selective licensing and / or launching an additional licensing scheme in the next 12 months?

Council Tax Tenure

  • 5) As part of the authority’s council tax registration process, do you collect data on property tenure? Please specify which of the following options applies:
    Yes for all tenures
    Yes for rental properties only
    Yes for council/social housing properties only
    No (please give reasons why)
  • 6) Which council department/services can access the tenure / landlord data?
  • 7) If you limit which departments can access this data, for what reasons do you do so?
  • 8) Is the landlord data used when assessing the size of the private rented sector?

Article 4 Directions (Planning)

  • 9) Does your local authority have any Article 4 Directions currently in place for HMOs? (C3 to C4)
  • 10) If answered yes to Question 9, what kind of designation is it?
    Please specify which of the following options applies:
    Single designation of an area
    Multiple designation of an area
    Borough/city wide designation

Response date: 23 August 2022

Response: Response to this request - 924087.

 

Reference: 929991

Subject:

  1. How many applicants are currently on the Council's housing waiting list / housing register?
  2. What is the current average waiting time for an applicant on the housing waiting list/housing register?
  3. How many applicants currently on the list would qualify for/ have expressed an interest in an affordable home ownership property (as their sole suitable tenure or in addition to other tenures)?
  4. Of the current applicants for affordable home ownership properties:
    • a. How many would qualify for a 1-bedroom property?
    • b. How many would qualify for a 2-bedroom property?
    • c. How many would qualify for a 3-bedroom property?
    • d. How many would qualify for a 4+-bedroom property?
  5. How many applicants currently on the list would qualify for/have expressed an interest in a social / affordable rented property (as their sole suitable tenure or in addition to other tenures)?
  6. Of the current applicants for social/affordable rented properties:
    • a. How many have requested a 1-bedroom property?
    • b. How many have requested a 2-bedroom property?
    • c. How many have requested a 3-bedroom property?
    • d. How many have requested a 4+-bedroom property?
  7. How many new applicants to the list were there in the following periods:
    • a. 2011-2012
    • b. 2012-2013
    • c. 2013-2014
    • d. 2014-2015
    • e. 2015-2016
    • f. 2016-2017
    • g. 2017-2018
    • h. 2018-2019
    • i. 2019-2020
    • j. 2020-2021
    • k. 2021-2022 (if available)
  8. Out of all current applicants, how many would be first time buyers or renters (if known)?
  9. Out of all current applicants, how many have a requirement or have expressed a preference to live within the civil parish of Cotgrave? 

Response date: 18 August 2022

Response: Response to this request - 929991.

 

Reference: 930147

Subject:

  1. Has your council matched any guest and sponsor under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme?
  2. If you answered yes to Q1, how many guests have been matched with sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme since 18 March 2022? I define the number of guests matched as instances a match took place rather than individuals (if a family of 3 was matched with a sponsor that would count as 1).
  3. How many times has the council been contacted since 18 March 2022 by a sponsor needing to end the sponsorship relationship early?
  4. How many times has the council been contacted since 18 March 2022 by a guest needing to end the sponsorship relationship early?
    If you do not collect a breakdown of information between sponsor or guest contacting, it is fine to give a total of how many times the council has been contacted by any relevant party needing to end the sponsorship relationship early.
  5. How many times has the council provided overnight hotel accommodation after the sponsorship relationship has broken down? I define times as how many guests (classifying one family as one guest) have been offered hotel accommodation (if a guest family of four was offered two hotel rooms for two nights in June and two hotel rooms for three nights in August, that would count as one time).
  6. How many times has the sponsorship relationship broken down and the guest has been housed by a different sponsor?
  7. How many times has the sponsorship relationship broken down and the guest has been registered as homeless, with the Council’s statutory homelessness duties being applied?

Response date: 18 August 2022

Response: Response to this request - 930147.

 

Reference: 923934

Subject:

  1. The number of households assessed by your local authority as being owed a prevention or relief duty due to risk of homelessness in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (or as recent as figures are held)
  2. The number of households in the answer to (1) who had dependent children in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (or as recent as figures are held)
  3. The number of children (in total) in households owed a homelessness prevention duty in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (or as recent as figures are held)
  4. The number of households with children placed in temporary accommodation by your authority at the end of 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (if figures held)
  5. The number of households with children under five placed in temporary accommodation by your authority at the end of 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (if figures held)
  6. The number of children under five (in total) placed in temporary accommodation by your authority at the end of 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (if figures held)
  7. The number of households with children under five placed in temporary accommodation by your authority at the end of 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 who have been in temporary accommodation for more than six weeks

Response date: 1 August 2022

Response: Response to this request - 923934.

 

July

Reference: 915810

Subject:

  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 date: 1 August 2022

Response: Response to this request - 915810.

 

Reference: 924155

Subject:

  1. The number of households on your council/social housing waiting list
  2. The number of households on your council/social housing waiting list with children
  3. The number of households on your council/social housing waiting list with children under 5

Response date: 29 July 2022

Response: Response to this request - 924155.

 

Reference: 912665

Subject:

Social housing waiting times for vulnerable families and individuals in the UK. Under the Freedom of Information Act, could you please provide me with the following information, specific to your council:

  • In 2015/16 and 2020/21, the average length of time a household spent waiting to be moved into permanent social housing.
  • In 2015/16 and 2020/21, the average length of time a household/person spent living in temporary accommodation. (Typically, are these individuals subsequently moved into permanent social housing once they leave TA?)
  • As of 4 July 2022, a breakdown of how many people in each of your housing need / priority bands are waiting to be moved into permanent housing. (Can you please include the average waiting time for the different housing need/priority bands, as well as the longest wait people are experiencing in each group?)
  • As of 4 July 2022, the number of people in your council area currently living in temporary accommodation who are: 
    • Children; victims of domestic abuse; medically unwell and require appropriate housing to suit their needs; suffering from a mental illness; victims of violence and/or gang-related/physical threats.

Response date: 19 July 2022

Response: Response to this request - 912665.

 

Reference: 909696

Subject:

  1. Please could you provide information on the number of people on your housing waiting list who require accessible or wheelchair-accessible housing? Notes: this may be defined as any one or all of the following:
    • We more broadly mean people who need a property that provides ‘level access’ i.e. no steps to access the dwelling and/or a lift or an accessible or adaptable home, for example, one that meets building regulations part M4(2) Category 2: Accessible and adaptable dwellings, or any equivalent standard such as the Lifetime Homes Standard.
    • The number of people who require a home that is wheelchair accessible - one that meets building regulations part M4(3) Category 3: Wheelchair user dwelling or any equivalent standard.
    • The number of people currently in housing who require a minor or major adaptation to their home.
    • The number of people currently in housing that cannot be adapted to meet their access needs.
  2. How many dwellings/homes (the total of houses, maisonettes, flats etc) were built in the local authority for each of the past three years? Depending on your budget cycle, these could be calendar years of financial years.
  3. Of these homes, how many were built as:
    • accessible and adaptable (Part M Building Regulations optional category M4(2))
    • wheelchair accessible (Part M Building Regulations optional category M4(3))
    • Another accessible housing standard (if so, please provide details)

Response date: 19 July 2022

Response: Response to this request - 909696.

 

Reference: 909646

Subject:

I would like to have the following for the past 5 years up to and including the year ending April 2022:

  • The number of complaints the Local Authority (LA) has received each year from tenants in private rental properties. If the LA does not keep separate figures for the complaints from the Private Rental Sector (PRS) and social housing sector, then please provide the combined total figure for complaints from these sectors and mark it clearly to highlight that it includes both figures.
  • The overall number of complaints each year by tenants in all housing. 
  • The number of Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspections each year carried out on Private rental properties
  • The number of HHSRS inspections in total each year.
  • The number of properties with category 1 and category 2 hazards identified in the private rental sector each year? Please record category 1 and 2 separately where possible.
  • The number of Hazard Awareness Notices served on PRS properties each year
  • The number of formal enforcement notices served: Emergency Remedial Action on PRS properties each year
  • The number of Prohibition orders served on PRS sector each year
  • How many improvement notices have been served in relation to PRS properties for each year
  • The total number of prosecutions (excluding Civil Penalties) commenced on the above formal notices for each year

Response date: 4 July 2022

Response: Response to this request - 909646.

 

June

Reference: 900385

Subject:

  • How many Ukrainian nationals have registered as homeless with your council broken down by month during March, April, May and June 2022.
  • What visa they came to Britain on (i.e. whether they were on the Ukraine Family scheme, Homes for Ukraine or another visa).

Response date: 28 June 2022

Response: Response to this request - 900385.

 

Reference: 899919

Subject:

  1. How many households were removed from the Housing Waiting List in 2021 (or the last full calendar year where figures are available)?
  2. Please provide a list of the reasons given for the removal from the list?
  3. How many households were removed from the list because of death?
  4. How many households have been on the list for:

    (a) between five years and ten years

    (b) ten years or more

  5. With regards to households that have been on the list the longest, how long have they been on the list?

 

Response date: 28 June 2022

Response: Response to this request - 899919.

 

May

Reference: 857169

Subject:

  1. Name of Local Authority
  2. Do you hold a list of accredited building contractors to carry out DFG works?
  3. Who manages the list? for example, the DFG team, another team in the Council or an external body
  4. Is it a shared list with other local authority DFG teams?
  5. When was the current list established?
  6. How can new contractors get added to the list?
  7. What checks are carried out as part of the initial accreditation process?
  8. What regular (for example annual) checks do you make on existing contractors?
  9. What is the process for removing contractors from the list?
  10. How do you handle cases where an applicant wants to use a contractor that is not on your list?
  11. How do contractors typically provide prices for individual DFG applications? For example, quotation, framework, schedule of rates.
  12. How many contractors are on your list?
  13. How many FTE Technical Officers do you employ to support DFG applicants?
  14. How many FTE vacancies do you currently have for Technical Officers?

Response date: 11 May 2022

Response: Response to this request - 857169.

 

Reference: 882923

Subject:

Please may you provide me with:

  1. How many people have been permanently resettled under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme as of Friday 13 May 2022 in your council area? Please indicate how many were over and under 18 at the time of arrival if known.
    • a. How many people have relocated to your council area under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme as of Friday 13 May 2022? 
    • b. How much additional funding has your council received from central government to support people on the Homes for Ukraine Scheme as of Friday 13 May 2022?
  2. How many people have relocated to your council area under Ukraine Family Visa Scheme as of Friday 13 May 2022? 

Response date: 18 May 2022

Response: Response to this request - 882923.

 

April

Reference: A1346621

Subject:

  1. How much of the money allocated to the council through the Homelessness Prevention Grant in 2021/22 has been spent as of March 1 2022? Please break down in table format how much of the funding was:
    1. From the £310million grant, and
    2. From the £65m additional funding grant?
  2. What has the money allocated to the council through the Homelessness Prevention Grant in 2021/22 been spent on? Please break down in table format
  3. How much of the Homelessness Prevention Grant allocated to the council in 2021/22 has been used to help: a) Households in rent arrears? b) Households at risk of eviction for other reasons?
  4. How many households has the council helped through the Homelessness Prevention Grant in 2021/22?
  5. How many households have approached the council for support under the Homelessness Reduction Act between April 1 2021 and March 1 2022? Please state in table format how many households were owed a:
    1. prevention duty
    2. a relief duty

Response date: 5 April 2022

Response: Response to this request - A1346621.

 

Reference: 875226

Subject:

Information on the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals who made a homeless application as legally homeless and/or being threatened with homelessness between January 2018 and April 2022. 

As part of this request, I would like the information to be broken down into the following: 

  • (i) The number of individuals making a homeless application while 'legally homeless' since 2018, broken down into sexual orientation (including transgender), per month, per year and grand total; 
  • (ii) The number of individuals making a homeless application 'threatened with homelessness' since 2018, broken down into sexual orientation (including transgender), per month, per year and grand total; 
  • (iii) The number of individuals supported into accommodation (temporary / emergency) since 2018, broken down into sexual orientation (including transgender), per month, per year and grand total; 
  • (iv) The number of individuals owed a prevention and/or relief duty since 2018, broken down into sexual orientation (including transgender), per month, per year and grand total; 
  • (v) The number of individuals to date, still waiting to be supported into accommodation, broken down by sexual orientation (including transgender). 

(*Individuals defined as anyone between the ages of 16-80 years-old).

Response date: 4 April 2022

Response: Response to this request - 875226.

 

March

Reference: A1346654

Subject:

Please may you provide me with:

  1. How many refugees have been rehoused under your council in 2020?
  2. How many refugees have been rehoused under your council in 2021?
  3. How many refugees have been rehoused under your council in 2022?
  4. What is the most common country of origin for the refugees in the years 2020,2021, and 2022? Please share the top three countries.

Response date: 24 March 2022

Response: Response to this request - A1346654.

 

Reference: A1346531

Subject:

From 23 March 2020 to 15 July 2020, how many extra accommodation beds (we define each safe space of accommodation as a ‘bed’) were made available to victims of domestic abuse specifically (not homeless people or any other groups needing accommodation)?

Response date: 3 March 2022

Response: Response to this request - A1346531.

 

February

Reference: A1346391

Subject: Temporary Accommodation - Nightly Rates

  1. How many individuals and families are on your register for housing?
  2. How long have you maintained a register? From which year?
  3. Snapshot of reported totals; Per Annum from first year of registering individuals and families.
  4. Size of housing stock.
  5. Size of housing stock; Per Annum from first year of registering individuals and families.
  6. Number of individuals and families considered and/or registered as homeless - Per Annum, from first year of registrations to date.

Response date: 18 February 2022

Response: Response to this request - A1346391.

 

Reference: A1346464

Subject: Temporary Accommodation - Nightly Rates

  1. How many properties do you currently have on Temporary Accommodation?
  2. Please can you advise us on the maximum that is paid per night for a Studio, 1 Bed, 2 Bed, 3 Bed & 4 Bed.
  3. Who are your largest 5 suppliers and how much do you pay them on average every month and provide the last 3 month they have invoiced you for?
  4. If we were to supply accommodation on this basis, please can you give us contact names and telephone numbers of the procurement team.

Response date: 15 February 2022

Response: Response to this request - A1346464.

 

Reference: A1346413

Subject:

Care Providers - supported living
How many care providers of Supported Living for adults with learning disabilities/mental health does the council have contracts with? If possible, please list these providers.

Accommodation classed as supported living:
A list of supported living accommodation providers (social landlords, voluntary providers, housing associations etc) that the council has contracts with, or has individuals in placement with, that have a learning disability or mental health difficulty.

Response date: 2 February 2022

Response: Response to this request - A1346413.

 

January

Reference: A1346312

Subject:

  1. How many applicants that are resident in the parish that are on the register? Please provide a breakdown of the priority band they are in priority and bedrooms required.
  2. How many households are on the register that have indicated a preference to be housed in the parish? Please provide a breakdown of priority and bedrooms required.
  3. How many households are on the register and have a local connection to the parish that is in accordance with your allocation policy? Please provide a breakdown of priority and bedrooms required.
  4. Does the council have a list of households that are seeking affordable home ownership? If so, please provide information of demand within the parish, preferably indicating the affordable tenure required.

Response date: 27 January 2022

Response: Response to this request - A1346312.

 

Reference: A1346280

Subject:

  • Does your organisation presently provide a Telecare operations centre to monitor personal alarms (e.g. Falls alarms) for your local vulnerable population?
    • If the answer is No or Uncertain - is this a service you may consider offering in the future?
  • Do you use an external provider or other government body or private organisation for alarm responder / monitoring services? If so, can you please detail.
    • If an external provider, please give name of monitoring centre/ provider with any contract start / end date & contact details if known.
  • What type of devices are used in the community? If you can name device supplier/manufacturer this would be appreciated.
  • Do your analogue devices use any of the following protocols?
  • Are you presently preparing for the digital switchover?
    • If the answer is yes, have you any plans to move to a digital platform?
  • Please feel free to add any additional comments regarding this process and any concerns / issues you may have about this process… if this is applicable to your organisation.
  • Could you please indicate which software platform is used in the monitoring centre you use?
    • As regards the above – do you know when the contract end date is and / or when the software platform used will be under review?
  • Have you any concerns about your present service? Some possible common concerns listed below, but please feel free to comment.
  • Any additional comments re the above possible concerns?
  • What tender framework / portal does your organisation use for procurement re Telecare devices/services and software?
  • Who is the main person / decision maker or team – who would be responsible for your Telecare monitoring centre and / or telecare services in Northern Ireland - name / title / direct dial number / email?
  • Any other comments as deemed useful to this enquiry?

Response date: 25 January 2022

Response: Response to this request - A1346280.

 

Reference: A1346313

Subject:

  1. Number of housing disrepair court orders issued to the council under the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 for each of the years 2019-2021;
  2. Number of breach orders issued to the council due these repairs not being carried out for each of the years 2019-2021;
  3. Details of how many of these breach orders were issued multiple times (i.e. how many were issued for a second, third and fourth time etc.) for each of the years 2019-2021.

Response date: 19 January 2022

Response: Response to this request - A1346313.

 

Reference: A1346242

Subject:

  • Does the Council use the power under s206(2) Housing Act 1996 to charge homeless people for temporary accommodation?
  • Does the Council hold any policies or internal guidance documents relating to charges for temporary accommodation, including on what constitutes a ‘reasonable’ charge in relation to s206(2) Housing Act 1996. If so, what is the content of the policies of guidance?
  • If the Council has charged homeless people for temporary accommodation, please provide information on the following for the past calendar year:
  • The number of people charged.
  • The total income received by the Council from any charges.
  • How many people paid such charges directly to the Council, rather than via charges taken directly from Universal Credit or other social security entitlements.
  • What, if any, is the total outstanding debt owed to the Council for temporary accommodation charges currently owed?

Response date: 7 January 2022

Response: Response to this request - A1346242.

 

Reference: A1346240

Subject:

  1. Is the Council, or has the Council ever been, signed up to the Rough Sleeping Support Service?
  2. Since January 1 2018, how many non-British homeless people have been referred by the Council to the Home Office, under the Rough Sleeping Support Service?

Response date: 7 January 2022

Response: Response to this request - A1346240.

 

Reference: A1346261

Subject: Number of deaths in each of the following housing situations:

  • accommodation for homeless people commissioned by your council, including hostels and supported accommodation for people identified as rough sleeping or with a history of rough sleeping.
  • temporary accommodation commissioned by your council.
  • supported accommodation for homeless young people commissioned by your council.
  • rough sleeping or with no fixed abode.

Response date: 6 January 2022

Response: Response to this request - A1346261.

 

2021

December

Reference: A1346231

Subject: 

How much funding the council received from the government’s extra £65 million funding announced for vulnerable renters in October.

Response date: 30 December 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1346231.

 

Reference: A1346063

Subject: Please could you provide the following information:

  1. Does the council have any policies or ones in development to support community led housing? If so, what are they and where do they appear?
  2. Since January 2010, how many grants and/or loans has the council given to community led housing groups or organisations?
  3. Since January 2010, how many land disposals or leases has the council made to community led housing groups or organisations?
  4. Do you have dedicated staff to support community led housing? If so, what are their job titles?

Response date: 15 December 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1346063.

 

Reference: A1346098

Subject: 

  1. The total number of households in temporary accommodation (whether placed in council or non-council housing, whether inside or outside the local authority area) as of March (or April) 2020.
  2. The total number of households in temporary accommodation (whether placed in council or non-council housing, whether inside or outside the local authority area) as of March (or April) 2021. Questions 1 and 2 are aimed at those councils whose TA figures were not published in the corresponding quarterly statistics published by what was MHCLG - most councils can simply refer me to those MHCLG publications.
  3. The total number of households currently in temporary accommodation (whether placed in council or non-council housing, whether inside or outside the local authority area).
  4. The number of households that were newly placed in temporary accommodation each month since January 2021 (their tenancy/placement began that month). Preferably this figure should exclude households transferred between different temporary accommodation placements.
  5. How many households in temporary accommodation currently pay their rent either to the council or via the council?
  6. Of the households in question 5, how many are currently in arrears on their rent by at least four weeks/one month (or any similar timeframe used by the council in its records, for example, six weeks)?
  7. Please state how many applications for homelessness support since 1 April 2021 have been rejected due to the applicant being ineligible for public funds under No Recourse to Public Funds rules – this is an overall figure, not a monthly one. If a figure for NRPF is unavailable, please provide a figure for applications rejected due to the applicant being ineligible under s185 of the Housing Act 1996
  8. Were the applicants referred to in question 7 given accommodation regardless of their housing legislation eligibility (for example, via Everyone In or a successor scheme)? Please provide any information held on how many of the applicants covered in question 7 were given accommodation in this way.

Response date: 7 December 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1346098.

 

Reference: A1346026

Subject: How many people were on your council housing waiting list in the followings financial years, please: 

If you could provide a number beside each year, that'd be great. 

  1. April 2016-17
  2. April 2017-18
  3. April 2018-19
  4. April 2019-20
  5. April 2020-21

Response date: 7 December 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1346026

 

November

Reference: A1346090

Subject: 

The Enforcement Index seeks to measure the effectiveness of enforcement activity of each local authority in England. The Index is measured by data collected from housing departments from each local authority and will be an opportunity to benchmark and demonstrate the current landscape of local authority enforcement to raise standards overall.

The information you provide in this FOI will be used to comply this Enforcement Index and used in conjunction with other NRLA campaign work and policy proposals. This includes the better use of data to tackle criminal landlords, standardised enforcement policies so the law is applied fairly and consistently across the country.

Response date: 26 November 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1346090.

 

Reference: A1345905

Subject: Please could you provide the following information on Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) or similar grants provided under your discretionary Housing Assistance Policy.

Response date: 16 November 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345905.

 

Reference: A1346030

Subject: Please could you provide the following information:

  1. Can you please tell me how much money this council has available for the Afghanistan refugee resettlement scheme?
  2. Can you please tell me how many people from Afghanistan have so far been resettled in Rushcliffe?
  3. Can you please tell me the ages and genders of those that have been re settled and their relationship to each other? E.g. family units.

Response date: 11 November 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1346030.

 

Reference: A1346000

Subject: Please could you provide the following information:

  1. Will this council be participating in the Afghanistan Resettlement programmes ARAP + ACRS and if so, how many individuals/families will you be taking on?
  2. If you are not participating in the Afghanistan Resettlement programmes ARAP + ACRS, can you explain why?
  3. What was this council’s response to the Syrian Resettlement programme (VPRS)?

Response date: 11 November 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1346000.

 

Reference: A1345897

Subject: Under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) I request the following information:

  1. A summary of any housing stock transfer undertaken by the council in the past, including the names of the housing association and the year of transfer
  2. A copy/copies of the transfer agreement for any stock transfers
  3. If known, a summary of commitments made by the receiving housing association for investment in the stock being transferred (e.g. £50m over 10 years)
  4. If known, a summary of commitments made by the receiving housing association for development of affordable housing (e.g. 200 new affordable homes over 5 years)
  5. The council’s understanding of the amount invested in the stock by the housing association in the years following the transfer, and whether this part of the agreement was met
  6. The council’s understanding of the number of affordable homes delivered by the housing association in the local authority area in the years following the transfer, and whether this part of the agreement was met
  7. The amount of money received by the council as part of the stock transfer
  8. A summary of how the council spent the money received through the stock transfer

Response date: 4 November 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345897.

 

Reference: A1345894

Subject:

  1. Do you directly commission refuge services for victims and survivors of domestic abuse?
  2. If yes, is the refuge service you commission for women only (single sex)?
  3. The Domestic Abuse Bill 2021 introduced a new legal duty for local authorities to fund "safe accommodation" for victims and survivors of domestic abuse and their children. Is the safe accommodation you fund under the new duty women only (single sex)?
  4. The Domestic Abuse Bill 2021 introduced a new legal duty for local authorities to fund "safe accommodation" for victims and survivors of domestic abuse and their children. Does the safe accommodation you fund under the new duty provide specialist support designed for women who have survived domestic abuse?

Response date: 4 November 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345894.

 

September

Reference: A1345734

Subject: Information about empty domestic properties.

Response date: 29 September 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345734.

 

Reference: A1345740

Subject: Information about use of emergency housing that has been converted from offices or other commercial uses in the last 5 years.

Response date: 21 September 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345740.

 

Reference: A1345708

Subject: Information about housing applications in past 3 years.

Response date: 21 September 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345708.

 

Reference: A1345553

Subject: Information regarding the Afghan Locally Employed Staff Relocation Scheme.

Response date: 1 September 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345553.

 

June

Reference: A1345277

Subject: Number of applicants on housing list.

Response date: 18 June 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345277

 

Reference: A1345300

Subject: Number registered as homeless.

Response date: 11 June 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345300

 

May

Reference: A1345146

Subject: Information about Disabled Facilities Grant applications, budgets and spending.

Response date: 25 May 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345146.

 

Reference: A1345157

Subject: Requests for housing support from 16-24 year olds.

Response date: 16 May 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345157.

 

Reference: A1345154

Subject: Consultancy fees spent by the Housing service.

Response date: 13 May 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345154.

 

Reference: A1345070

Subject: Housing service - funding and spending.

Response date: 7 May 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345070.

 

Reference: A1345124

Subject: Information about occupants of temporary accommodation.

Response date: 4 May 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345124.

 

April

Reference: A1345007

Subject: Homelessness Team staff information

Response date: 20 April 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345007.

 

Reference: A1345093

Subject: Homelessness

Response date: 16 April 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345093.

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