Dear Mr Apps,

 

Thank you for your request dated 27 July 2022, we have treated this as a Freedom of Information request. You have asked for the following information, please see our responses below:

  1. The number of households assessed by your local authority as being owed a prevention or relief duty due to risk of homelessness in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (or as recent as figures are held)
Year of approach Number of households owed a prevention or relief duty
2018/19 2348
2019/20 2354
2020/21 1905
2021/22 1910
  1. The number of households in the answer to (1) who had dependent children in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (or as recent as figures are held)
Year of approach Number of households who have dependent children
2018/19 973
2019/20 942
2020/21 687
2021/22 793
  1. The number of children (in total) in households owed a homelessness prevention duty in 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22  (or as recent as figures are held)
Year of approach Total number of children, hholds owed a prevention duty
2018/19 1247
2019/20 1252
2020/21 748
2021/22 871
  1. The number of households with children placed in temporary accommodation by your authority at the end of 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (if figures held)
End of year Number of hholds with children in TA
2018/19 1259
2019/20 1423
2020/21 1213
2021/22 1059
  1. The number of households with children under five placed in temporary accommodation by your authority at the end of 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (if figures held)
End of year Number of hholds with children under 5 in TA
2018/19 238
2019/20 280
2020/21 269
2021/22 261
  1. The number of children under five (in total) placed in temporary accommodation by your authority at the end of 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (if figures held)
End of year Number of children under 5 in TA
2018/19 267
2019/20 315
2020/21 312
2021/22 314
  1. The number of households with children under five placed in temporary accommodation by your authority at the end of 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 who have been in temporary accommodation for more than six weeks
End of year Number of children under 5 in TA over 6 weeks
2018/19 237
2019/20 312
2020/21 264
2021/22 249

 

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Carly Williamson

Complaints and Information Manager