Number of Afghan citizens living in bridging accommodation or declared homeless
Case reference FOI2023/01789
Published 9 November 2023
Request
I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(a) The number of Afghan citizens who entered the UK under ACRS or ARAP are living within your authority area within Government funded bridging accommodation.
(b) The number of Afghan citizens in your authority area who entered the UK under ACRS or ARAP have declared themselves as homeless.
I would be grateful if you could provide this information on a month-by-month basis from August 2020 to date. If this breakdown will incur too high costs, then please provide broken down by quarter.
In addition, please provide the following:
(c) What plans are in place to respond to homelessness amongst this cohort, including the use of bridging accommodation?
Response
I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(a) The number of Afghan citizens who entered the UK under ACRS or ARAP are living within your authority area within Government funded bridging accommodation.
0 - There isn't any Government funded bridging accommodation located in Herefordshire.
(b) The number of Afghan citizens in your authority area who entered the UK under ACRS or ARAP have declared themselves as homeless.
I would be grateful if you could provide this information on a month-by-month basis from August 2020 to date. If this breakdown will incur too high costs, then please provide broken down by quarter.
0 - There are no Afghan citizens in our authority from August 2020 to date, who have declared themselves as homeless.
In addition, please provide the following:
(c) What plans are in place to respond to homelessness amongst this cohort, including the use of bridging accommodation?
We are working with West Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership to offer accommodation, focusing on 9 units funded through the Local Authority Housing Fund.
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