Total net spending on housing homeless applicants in temporary accommodation
Dear Sutton Borough Council,
I write to make a request for information relating to the total NET (rather than gross) spending on the provision of temporary accommodation for those registering as homeless made by this council between the years 2017 and 2022
As part of this request I would like the information to be broken down into the following:
(i) The number of people placed into temporary accommodation after making a homeless application, broken down into year-by-year;
(ii) The average length of stay in temporary accommodation after making a homeless application;
(iii) The total cost of temporary accommodation to the council, broken down into costs per night, per month and per year.
Yours faithfully,
Shannon Kitsell
Dear Shannon Kitsell
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Dear Shannon Kitsell
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST - REF NO - FOIS2943
I refer to your request for information received on 01 February 2023
concerning Temporary accommodation.
(i) The number of people placed into temporary accommodation after making
a homeless application, broken down into year-by-year;
Number of people
2017/18 946
2018/19 940
2019/20 1033
2020/21 872
2021/22 912
2022/23* 565
*1 Apr 2022- 30 Sep 2022
(ii) The average length of stay in temporary accommodation after making a
homeless application;
Average number of days
2017/18 409.8
2018/19 465.7
2019/20 460.3
2020/21 377.8
2021/22 281.9
2022/23* 168.9
*1 Apr 2022- 30 Sep 2022
(iii) The total cost of temporary accommodation to the council, broken
down into costs per night, per @month and per year.--
Per year (£) Per month (£) Per night(£)
2017/18 1,340,867 111,738.92 3,673.61
2018/19 712,732 59,394.33 1,952.69
2019/20 900,772 75,064.33 2,461.13
2020/21 1,478,000 123,166.67 4,049.31
2021/22 826,706 68,892.17 2,264.95
2022/23* 700,952 116,825.33 3,840.83
*1 Apr 2022- 30 Sep 2022
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