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Response 2527218

Response to request for information

Reference

2527218

Response date

2 November 2023

Request

  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

  1. The number of ‘new refugees’ who applied to the Council for housing in 2022? I have to advise you that we will not be able to answer your request without exceeding the appropriate limit, this information is not recorded in a format that would allow us to generate a report to retrieve this information. We would need to complete a manual check of each application would take too much staff time. 
  1. The number of ‘new refugees’ who presented as homeless to the Council in 2022? I have to advise you that we will not be able to answer your request without exceeding the appropriate limit, this information is not recorded in a format that would allow us to generate a report to retrieve this information. We would need to complete a manual check of each application would take too much staff time. 
  1. The number of ‘new refugees who have applied to the Council for housing in 2023 (up until today’s date)? I have to advise you that we will not be able to answer your request without exceeding the appropriate limit, This information is not recorded in a format that would allow us to generate a report to retrieve this information. We would need to complete a manual check of each application would take too much staff time. 
  1. The number of ‘new refugees’ who have presented as homeless to the Council in 2023 (up until today’s date)?I have to advise you that we will not be able to answer your request without exceeding the appropriate limit, this information is not recorded in a format that would allow us to generate a report to retrieve this information. We would need to complete a manual check of each application would take too much staff time. 
  1. 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?  No

FOI Responses Housing 2023