Dear Mr Wall

 

Thank you for your email dated 17 May 2019; we have treated this as a Freedom of Information request.

 

You have asked for the following information;

 

  1.       Please, can you list your five largest private providers of temporary accommodation ALONG WITH the total amount of money EACH provider has received from the council in the last financial year (1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019)? Using the attached Excel spreadsheet.
  2. Please include the total number of temporary accommodation placements (ongoing and new) for EACH of these five providers in the last financial year (1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019)?  Using the attached Excel spreadsheet.
  3. Please include the number of suitability reviews carried out on placements made with EACH of these five providers in the last financial year (1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019)? Using the attached Excel spreadsheet.
  4. Please include the number of occasions where the council has had to pay above the rates in the Inter Borough Temporary Accommodation Agreement (IBTAA) for EACH of these five providers in the last financial year (1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019)?  Using the attached Excel spreadsheet.
  5. Please include the total paid in financial incentives (any one-off payments to secure new temporary accommodation or renew leases etc) for EACH of these five providers in the last financial year (1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019)? Using the attached Excel spreadsheet.

Please see Barnet Homes’ response:

Council Provider Total paid for tempoary accomodation (1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019) Total number of temporary accommodation placements (1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019) Total number of suitability reviews (1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019) Number of breaches of the Inter Borough Temporary Accommodation Agreement (IBTAA) (1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019) Total paid in financial incentives (1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019)
Barnet Notting Hill Genesis £         2,288,094.90 104 1 0 0
Barnet Network Homes Ltd £         1,291,111.31 73 0 0 0
Barnet District Homes CIC £         1,253,656.69 96 0 0 0
Barnet Freshview Estates £         1,247,168.23 87 0 0 0
Barnet Woodhouse Estates Ltd £         1,037,175.25 90 1 0 0

 

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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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