Exempt accommodation
Dear East Devon District Council,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
This request concerns “exempt accommodation”. The UK Parliament defines this as: “Supported housing which is exempt from certain Housing Benefit provisions. It is a sector which houses more marginalised groups with support needs, such as recent prison leavers; care leavers; those fleeing domestic violence; and homeless people with substance dependence or mental health issues.”
I understand that housing benefit for people in “exempt accommodation” is paid by the council directly to landlords.
I would like to request the following information:
(1) Please state how much housing benefit has been paid by the council directly to landlords to provide “exempt accommodation” for those in receipt of the benefits. Please provide the figures for each of the past three financial years (2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21), as well as any available data for 2021/22.
(2) Please provide a list of the 20 landlords that have received the highest amount in housing benefit from the council for providing “exempt accommodation” for those in receipt of the benefits. Again, please provide this information for each of the past three financial years (2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21) as well as any available data for 2021/22. For each year, please (a) provide the landlord’s full name or company name, (b) state the total amount they received from the council in each year.
I would like to highlight how the Information Commissioner’s Office has previously ruled that this type of information should be disclosed. For example, in 2015, the ICO held that Torbay Council was not entitled to withhold the names of landlords who have directly received the largest amounts of housing benefit. In 2014, the ICO also ruled that Halton Borough Council was wrong to withhold similar information.
I would like to receive the data in an Excel format. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable timeframe, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I can refine the request. If you need any clarification, please contact me.
I look forward to receiving a response in 20 working days. Many thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Jenna Corderoy
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Dear Ms Corderoy,
Thank you for your FOI enquiry. We have a query regarding the information
you have requested. Could you clarify what you mean by ‘exempt
accommodation’? We had assumed that you required the information in
respect of supported accommodation as we can provide information on
‘exempt supported accommodation’ however we are not clear if this is what
you have requested. If you would kindly clarify we will expedite a
response as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
Sara
Ms S Harvey
Information and Complaints Officer
East Devon District Council
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Dear Ms Corderoy,
Further to my email sent 11^th March our Revenues team has provided the
below information in response to your FOI enquiry.
I hope this information is helpful but, if you feel dissatisfied with the
way we have responded to your request, please contact our Monitoring
Officer, Mr Henry Gordon Lennox, to request an internal review
[email address]
You may also approach the Information Commissioner for advice at
[1]www.ico.org.uk
Kind regards,
Sara
Ms S Harvey
Information and Complaints Officer
East Devon District Council
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(1) Please state how much housing benefit has been paid by the council
directly to landlords to provide “exempt accommodation” for those in
receipt of the benefits. Please provide the figures for each of the past
three financial years (2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21), as well as any
available data for 2021/22.
Year Amount
2018-2019 £1,387,980.22
2019-2020 £1,433,430.54
2020-2021 £1,236,454.61
2021-2022 £1,306,253.07
(2) Please provide a list of the 20 landlords that have received the
highest amount in housing benefit from the council for providing “exempt
accommodation” for those in receipt of the benefits. Again, please provide
this information for each of the past three financial years (2018/19,
2019/20, 2020/21) as well as any available data for 2021/22. For each
year, please (a) provide the landlord’s full name or company name, (b)
state the total amount they received from the council in each year.
2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022
Landlord Amount Landlord Amount Landlord Amount Landlord Amount
PROGRESS BESPOKE BESPOKE PROGRESS
CARE H. SUPPORTIVE SUPPORTIVE CARE H.
ASSOC. £193,581.67 TENANCIES £212,218.77 TENANCIES £193,973.09 ASSOC. £186,569.96
SALVATION PROGRESS PROGRESS BESPOKE
ARMY HOUSING CARE H. CARE H. SUPPORTIVE
ASSOC £179,782.13 ASSOC. £186,580.46 ASSOC. £191,261.68 TENANCIES £184,827.65
BESPOKE SALVATION SALVATION SALVATION
SUPPORTIVE ARMY HOUSING ARMY HOUSING ARMY HOUSING
TENANCIES £156,993.89 ASSOC £185,227.29 ASSOC £136,289.88 ASSOC £174,468.60
LEONARD
CHESHIRE FOU £126,496.18 SEE ABILITY £120,702.30 SEE ABILITY £110,407.74 SEE ABILITY £115,452.68
THE
OTTERHAYES
SEE ABILITY £123,418.96 TRUST £102,515.69 SENSE £101,772.68 SENSE £101,772.68
TRINITY
ABBEYFIELD HOUSING LEONARD LEONARD
SOCIETY £89,435.11 ASSOCIATION £90,140.25 CHESHIRE FOU £80,835.66 CHESHIRE FOU £74,765.99
NEW
THE FOUNDATIONS
OTTERHAYES LEONARD HOUSING HOUSING AND
TRUST £88,389.30 CHESHIRE FOU £80,708.32 ASSOC £65,173.89 CARE 21 £67,187.73
NEW
DEVON FOUNDATIONS GUINNESS GUINNESS
SHELTERED HOUSING CARE & CARE &
HOMES TRUST £77,567.46 ASSOC £64,354.80 SUPPORT £62,261.08 SUPPORT £54,970.70
NEW NEW
FOUNDATIONS FOUNDATIONS
HOUSING ABBEYFIELD HOUSING AND HOUSING
ASSOC £63,185.85 SOCIETY £63,233.54 CARE 21 £60,354.39 ASSOC £44,261.38
WESTMORELAND GUINNESS WESTMORELAND WESTMORELAND
SUPPORTED CARE & SUPPORTED SUPPORTED
H.A. £60,637.21 SUPPORT £53,193.43 H.A. £44,183.04 H.A. £43,798.04
TRINITY
HOUSING AND HOUSING AND HOUSING WESTWARD
CARE 21 £49,820.64 CARE 21 £53,193.43 ASSOCIATION £42,680.04 HOUSING £41,443.62
FALCON WESTMORELAND RETHINK TRINITY
HOUSING SUPPORTED MENTAL HOUSING
ASSOCIATION £37,532.07 H.A. £41,465.31 ILLNESS £32,630.32 ASSOCIATION £39,925.76
RETHINK RETHINK FALCON
MENTAL MENTAL WESTWARD HOUSING
ILLNESS £34,349.03 ILLNESS £29,552.48 HOUSING £25,331.74 ASSOCIATION £39,499.02
GUINNESS RETHINK
CARE & UNITED UNITED MENTAL
SUPPORT £25,842.56 RESPONSE £28,258.02 RESPONSE £24,017.04 ILLNESS £35,521.36
CHURCH OF
ENGLAND FALCON
SHARED LIVES PENSIONS HOUSING UNITED
SOUTH WEST £18,026.42 BOARD £19,013.04 ASSOCIATION £22,653.57 RESPONSE £28,660.84
CHURCH OF CHURCH OF CHURCH OF
ENGLAND ENGLAND ENGLAND
PENSIONS WESTWARD PENSIONS PENSIONS
BOARD £12,156.72 HOUSING £17,297.04 BOARD £18,918.66 BOARD £20,211.65
HOLLYWELL HOLLYWELL ABBEYFILED
UNITED HOUSING HOUSING COLYTON
RESPONSE £11,704.36 TRUST £16,381.00 TRUST £11,093.68 SOCIETY LTD £15,354.55
HOLLYWELL ADVANCE
HOUSING INCLUSION HOUSING AND INCLUSION
TRUST £8,746.39 HOUSING CIC £16,381.00 SUPPORT LTD £7,467.00 HOUSING CIC £13,305.02
ABBEYFILED HOLLYWELL
ABBEYFIELD COLYTON MR STEVEN HOUSING
SIDMOUTH £8,378.00 SOCIETY LTD £14,455.35 MITCHELL £6,466.08 TRUST £11,309.75
FIRST ADVANCE
PRIORITY SHARED LIVES SHARED LIVES HOUSING AND
HOUSING ASS £8,109.53 SOUTH WEST £7,250.01 SOUTH WEST £3,420.00 SUPPORT LTD £7,552.12
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