My Ref: 
IGO/10-6491  
 
Your Ref: 
 
 
 
Contact: 
Andrew Goodfellow 
 
Email: 
[Nottingham City Council request email] 
Information Governance
Resources  
The Guildhall 
Nottingham 
NG1 4BT 
 
Ms. R. Dewsbury 
Tel: 0115 915 4155 
Fax: 0115 915 4082 
 
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk 
 
[email address] 
 
16th April 2010 
 
Dear Ms. Dewsbury 
 
Re: Your request for information 
 
Thank you for your email dated 4th January 2010. As the information you requested is 
not personal or environmental it has been processed in accordance with the Freedom 
of Information Act 2000. 
 
Initially, I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for the delay in responding to 
your request. This is due to us encountering problems obtaining the information from 
the relevant department. Please be assured we are currently carrying out a thorough 
review of all our office procedures to minimise the possibility of any future delays. 
 
I have investigated your request and the answers to your questions are as follows. 
 
1.  The number of people who registered as homeless in total in 2008. 
 
Homelessness Applications 822 
Homelessness Acceptances 633 
 
2.  The total amount of funds allocated for any cause related to homelessness 
throughout all of the council's departments in 2008. 
 
£16,177,048.33 
 
Most of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of Information Act 
2000 requests will be subject to copyright protection. In most cases the copyright will 
be owned by Nottingham City Council. The copyright in other information may be 
owned by another person or organisation, as indicated in the information itself. 
 
You are free to use any information supplied for your own use, including for non 
commercial research purposes. The information may also be used for the purposes of 
news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for example, by publishing the 
information or issuing copies to the public will require the permission of the copyright 
owner. 
 

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For information where the copyright is owned by the Council details of the conditions  
on re-use can be obtained by contacting the Information Governance Office of 
Nottingham City Council at The Guildhall, Nottingham, NG1 4BT
 
 or by telephoning us 
on (0115) 9154155. For information where the copyright is owned by another person 
or organisation, you must apply to the copyright owner to obtain their permission. 
 
If you should have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me on the above 
number quoting your personal case reference which is IGO/10-6491. 
 
If you are not satisfied with the response provided or any exemptions applied you 
should write in the first instance to Stephanie Pearson, Information Governance, 
The Guildhall, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BT stating the reasons for your 
dissatisfaction. If you remain dissatisfied after receiving a response to your initial 
complaint you can request an independent review from the Information 
Commissioner's Office at FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information 
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 
5AF.  You may also contact the Information Commissioner's Office by telephone on 
01625 545745 or by email at [email address]. 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
Senior Information Governance Officer 
 
 

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