Afghans owed a homelessness prevention duty
Dear Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please provide me with the following information:
(1.) The total number of Afghans that were housed in temporary accommodation in your local authority as of April 2023 after being resettled under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme or the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
(2.) The total number of Afghans who were housed in temporary accommodation under either of the above schemes in your local authority who are now owed a homelessness prevention duty or relief by you.
(3.) If possible, please tell me how many of (2.) are children.
(4.) The total number of Afghans who were housed in temporary accommodation under either of the above schemes in your local authority who the council have prevented or relieved from homelessness.
If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad, I would be grateful if you could contact me by telephone (07480728436) and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request.
Yours faithfully,
Adam Bychawski
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Please quote the reference number 23/561 in any future correspondence about this request.
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The Information Commissioner can be contacted in writing at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Please quote the reference number at the top of this email in any future correspondence about this request.
Adrian Stanfield
Freedom of Information Co-Ordinator
website: www.tmbc.gov.uk
Dear Adam
Re: FOI 23/561
Thank you for your request for information dated 23.08.23 and given the
reference number above. I have considered this request under the
provisions of Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”).
You have requested information on households from Afghanistan who are in
the UK on a resettlement scheme and numbers owed a homeless duty.
I can confirm that the Council does hold the information requested and
there are no relevant exemptions which apply to the information requested.
Provision of Information
Given that we hold the information and there are no exemptions, to answer
your request, I have duplicated your questions below to assist with
answering and responded to each one.
1. The total number of Afghans that were housed in temporary
accommodation in your local authority as of April 2023 after being
resettled under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme or
the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
One Family
2. The total number of Afghans who were housed in temporary accommodation
under either of the above schemes in your local authority who are now
owed a homelessness prevention duty or relief by you.
Nil
3. If possible, please tell me how many of (2.) are children.
Nil
4. The total number of Afghans who were housed in temporary accommodation
under either of the above schemes in your local authority who the
council have prevented or relieved from homelessness.
Nil
Internal Review
I hope that this answers your query, but if you do require anything
further then please do come back to me. However if you are dissatisfied
with this response, you can request an internal review of the decision by
making a request to [Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council request email].
Complain to the Information Commissioner
If you are not content after the Council has conducted an internal review
of your case, then you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner
(ICO) for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted in
writing at:
The Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF
Kind Regards
Miss Claire Keeling
Housing Solutions Manager
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
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