Response 3900066

Response to request for information

Reference

3900066

Response date

26 February 2026

Request

1. How many children were 0-1 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation in each of the calendar years 2024 and 2025?
2. How many children were 1-2 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation in each of the calendar years 2024 and 2025?
3. Do you provide cots to households in temporary accommodation?       
4. Do you provide written or verbal safer sleep advice to families with children under the age of 2 moving into temporary accommodation?
5. 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?  If yes, please provide this policy.

Response

1. How many children were 0-1 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation in each of the calendar years 2024 and 2025?
   • 2024 - 4
   • 2025 - 4
2. How many children were 1-2 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation in each of the calendar years 2024 and 2025?
   • 2024 - 5
   • 2024 - 4
3. Do you provide cots to households in temporary accommodation?
   • Yes, if required.       
4. Do you provide written or verbal safer sleep advice to families with children under the age of 2 moving into temporary accommodation?
   • Verbal
5. 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?  If yes, please provide this policy.
   • No