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Dear Arthur Lightfoot,

Re: FOI F11728

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request.

Please find below/ attached the response to your recent request. The
information has been provided by our Housing Team.

Your request and our response:

1)         The number of premises (this means hotels as well as any other
premises that have been repurposed) currently being used in the council
area to house asylum seekers/migrants/ those individuals waiting to be
processed.

2)         Please provide the number of individuals being housed in the
council area.

3)         Please provide the names of the premises being used to house
these individuals (if unable to provide this information please proceed
with the rest of the request)

4)         The estimated annual cost to the council of housing and
supporting these individuals (if unable to provide this information please
proceed with the rest of the request)

The housing service are unaware of any asylum seekers housed in the
borough, and do not get provided with such information from the Home
Office.

If you are dissatisfied with the information provided or the way in which
we have dealt with your request, you can request a review.   Please write
to Mid-Kent Legal Services, Town Hall, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1
1RS or via e-mail to [1][email address]  requesting a review
of the decision.

We will aim to deal with your request within 20 working days. If you
remain dissatisfied following our review, you can then appeal to the
Information Commissioner.

Yours sincerely

FOI Team

T: 01892 554077

E: [2][Tunbridge Wells Borough Council request email]

Town Hall, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1RS

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