Dear Mr Williams-Fletcher

Thank you for your email dated 31 May 2019; we have treated this as a Freedom of Information request.

Please see our response:

 

Year Quarter Age group 1) Presented themselves as homeless or at risk of homelessness* 2) Were assessed under the Homelessness Reduction Act (HRA) 2017 3) Received an initial decision of being owed: 4) Prevention duty ended: 5) Relief duty ended: 6) Were subsequently assessed under the Housing Act 1996 7) Were subsequently accepted as statutorily homeless and owed a duty
a) Prevention duty under HRA b) Relief duty under HRA a) With accommodation secured b) Leading to relief duty c) Any other reason a) With accommodation secured b) For any other reason (not including those who progress to an assessment under the Housing Act 1996
2018 April – June 16-24 54 53 30 23 16 4 6 8 7 9 4
2018 July – September 16-24 63 60 27 31 15 8 3 6 5 15 12
2018 October – December 16-24 85 73 29 32 10 7 4 2 9 12 7
2019 January – March 16-24 55 48 26 20 2 4 5 0 4 3 1
2018-2019 N/A – annual total 16-24 257 234 112 106 43 23 18 16 25 39 24
                           
Where any one set of data is not recorded or is recorded in a way that is not accessible for the purposes of the FOI, please inform us of this, and proceed to the next question.        
For any one query, if you record any of this data, but not using the variables and/or formats requested, please provide us with this data as you possess it, where possible        
                           
Please note that the P1E returns are not suitable for this request as they do not provide data broken down by age.              
                           
*This does not include general housing advice. By presenting we mean all who presented themselves as homeless even if they were not subsequently assessed, for example:        
a.       Presented before 56 days of becoming as homeless, or at risk of homelessness                  
b.       Believed they were homeless but did not meet requirements                    

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There is no charge for making an appeal.

Kind regards

Carly Williamson                         

Complaints and Information Manager

020 8359 6379

 

The Barnet Group

(Incorporating Barnet Homes, Your Choice (Barnet), Opendoor Homes, TBG Flex, and Bumblebee)

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