Homelessness Prevention Duty and Temporary Accommodation
Case reference FOI2022/01042
Published 17 August 2022
Request
Q1. 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)
Q2. 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)
Q3. 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)
Q4. 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)
Q5. 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)
Q6. 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)
Q7. 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.
Response
Q1. 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)
2018/19 - 1943
2019/20 - 1946
2020/21 - 2282
2021/22 - 2953
Q2. 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)
2018/19 - 454
2019/20 - 418
2020/21 - 409
2021/22 - 479
Q3. 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)
2018/19 - 289
2019/20 - 256
2020/21 - 284
2021/22 - 285
Q4. 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)
2018/19 - 30
2019/20 - 27
2020/21 - 24
2021/22 - 40
Q5. 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)
Q6. 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)
Q7. 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.
For Questions 5, 6 and 7 this information is not held by Herefordshire Council.
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