Homelessness

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Dear Bath and North East Somerset Council,

1. What are the numbers of individuals and statutory homeless households that have presented themselves to your services within B&NES Council? Please give an annual figure for each for the last 5 years where records are available.

2. How many of these individuals and households were housed within social housing owned by the council and how many had to be housed in privately-owned accommodation paid for by the council?

3. How many of these individuals and households were offered temporary accommodation within your authority and how many had to be housed elsewhere? Once again, please give figures for the last 5 years.

4. How much money was spent in each year by B&NES Council on temporary housing for the statutorily homeless broken down by cost type?

Yours faithfully,

Bronte Howard

Information Governance, Bath and North East Somerset Council

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From:  Bronte Howard <[FOI #435383 email]>

Sent:    02 October 2017 15:24

To:       Information Governance

Subject:           Freedom of Information request - Homelessness

 

 

Dear Bath and North East Somerset Council,

 

1.  What are the numbers of individuals and statutory homeless households
that have presented

themselves to your services within B&NES Council? Please give an annual
figure for each for the last 5

years where records are available.

 

2.  How many of these individuals and households were housed within social
housing owned by the

council and how many had to be housed in privately-owned accommodation
paid for by the council?

 

3.   How many of these individuals and households were offered temporary
accommodation within your

authority and how many had to be housed elsewhere? Once again, please give
figures for the last 5

years.

 

4.     How much money was spent in each year by B&NES Council on temporary
housing for the

statutorily homeless broken down by cost type?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Bronte Howard

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