Dear Ms Hopkins,

 

Thank you for your request, we have treated this as a Freedom of Information request. You have asked for the following information:

 

1) How many people applied to Barnet council as homeless under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 citing the reason for homelessness as ‘domestic abuse’?

 

2) How many people who applied to Barnet council as homeless under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 citing the reason for homelessness as ‘domestic abuse’ were accepted as being ‘priority need’?

 

3) How many people who applied to Barnet council as homeless under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 citing the reason for homelessness as ‘domestic abuse’ were accepted as being statutorily homeless?

 

4) a) How many people accepted as statutorily homeless by Barnet council, citing the reason for homelessness as ‘domestic abuse’, were provided with emergency temporary accommodation?

 

  1. b) Of those people who received emergency temporary accommodation after being accepted as statutorily homeless by Barnet council on the grounds of ‘domestic abuse’, how many were provided with emergency temporary accommodation in Barnet?

 

 

Barnet Homes’ response:

 

  1. How many people applied to Barnet council as homeless under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 citing the reason for homelessness as ‘domestic abuse’?
Year/Month Number of cases
2019 208
Jan 15
Feb 16
Mar 20
Apr 15
May 18
Jun 19
Jul 18
Aug 18
Sep 17
Oct 18
Nov 14
Dec 20
2020 265
Jan 18
Feb 17
Mar 17
Apr 22
May 25
Jun 15
Jul 30
Aug 22
Sep 29
Oct 27
Nov 26
Dec 17
2021 275
Jan 33
Feb 22
Mar 40
Apr 28
May 24
Jun 24
Jul 18
Aug 17
Sep 15
Oct 19
Nov 23
Dec 12
2022 17
Jan 17
Grand Total 765
 

  1. How many people who applied to Barnet council as homeless under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 citing the reason for homelessness as ‘domestic abuse’ were accepted as being ‘priority need’?
Year/Month Number of cases
2019 42
Jan 2
Feb 3
Mar 3
Apr 3
May 3
Jun 4
Jul 2
Aug 5
Sep 3
Oct 6
Nov 3
Dec 5
2020 45
Jan 7
Feb 2
Mar 2
Apr 4
May 5
Jun 3
Jul 5
Aug 4
Sep 2
Oct 3
Nov 5
Dec 3
2021 38
Jan 3
Feb 2
Mar 8
Apr 4
May 3
Jun 4
Jul 1
Aug 6
Oct 3
Nov 4
Grand Total 125
 

  1. How many people who applied to Barnet council as homeless under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 citing the reason for homelessness as ‘domestic abuse’ were accepted as being statutorily homeless?
Year/Month Number of cases
2019 117
Jan 6
Feb 11
Mar 9
Apr 9
May 11
Jun 9
Jul 10
Aug 10
Sep 10
Oct 11
Nov 11
Dec 10
2020 139
Jan 8
Feb 10
Mar 10
Apr 11
May 13
Jun 6
Jul 15
Aug 11
Sep 18
Oct 10
Nov 15
Dec 12
2021 166
Jan 18
Feb 10
Mar 25
Apr 21
May 14
Jun 14
Jul 11
Aug 14
Sep 10
Oct 12
Nov 13
Dec 4
2022 12
Jan 12
Grand Total 434
 

  1. a) How many people accepted as statutorily homeless by Barnet council, citing the reason for homelessness as ‘domestic abuse’, were provided with emergency temporary accommodation?
Year/Month Number of cases
2019 76
Jan 3
Feb 7
Mar 8
Apr 5
May 6
Jun 6
Jul 11
Aug 5
Sep 7
Oct 6
Nov 5
Dec 7
2020 93
Jan 6
Feb 8
Mar 4
Apr 11
May 13
Jun 5
Jul 10
Aug 5
Sep 9
Oct 5
Nov 9
Dec 8
2021 83
Jan 8
Feb 2
Mar 18
Apr 10
May 7
Jun 9
Jul 2
Aug 8
Sep 4
Oct 7
Nov 5
Dec 3
2022 6
Jan 6
Grand Total 258
 

b) Of those people who received emergency temporary accommodation after being accepted as statutorily homeless by Barnet council on the grounds of ‘domestic abuse’, how many were provided with emergency temporary accommodation in Barnet?
Year/Month Number of cases
2019 27
Feb 1
Mar 3
Apr 3
May 2
Jun 1
Jul 5
Aug 2
Sep 2
Oct 2
Nov 3
Dec 3
2020 36
Jan 3
Feb 3
Mar 2
Apr 3
May 2
Jul 4
Aug 4
Sep 3
Oct 2
Nov 4
Dec 6
2021 39
Jan 4
Feb 2
Mar 9
Apr 4
May 1
Jun 4
Jul 2
Aug 4
Sep 2
Oct 3
Nov 2
Dec 2
2022 3
Jan 3
Grand Total 105

 

Your rights

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been handled, you can request a review by emailing Talk2Us@barnethomes.org and marking it as an appeal for the attention of the Data Controller.

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF (telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45; website: www.ico.gov.uk).

There is no charge for making an appeal.

Kind regards

Carly Williamson

Complaints and Information Manager

 

Tel: 020 8359 6379

Address: 3rd Floor, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London NW9 4EW