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Dear Arthur Lightfoot

We acknowledge with thanks your request for information held by Bolton
Council received at this office on 30/03/2023.

This request will be considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
/ Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004 as appropriate to your
request.  

This may take up to 20 working days to be processed (although we will
endeavour to provide the information as quickly as possible).

Please be advised that if an exemption applies to the information that you
have requested, the statutory period may be exceeded in accordance with
the provisions of the act.

Please retain the reference number RFI 012808 for any future enquiries
regarding this matter.

Many thanks

The Information Governance Team
1st Floor, Town Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RU

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Dear Requester

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

The council has considered your request which was received on 30^th March
2023 and our response to your questions are shown below.

You requested:

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.

Our response

Under section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, any person
making a request for information to a public authority is entitled to be
informed in writing by the public authority whether it holds information
of the description specified in the request, and if that is the case, to
have that information communicated to them.

Bolton Council do not directly manage or provide accommodation for asylum
seekers/migrants awaiting their status being processed, therefore this
information is not held by the council.

In accordance with Section 16(1) of the Act, the council has a duty to
provide advice and assistance to you, so far as it is reasonable to do so.
The council can inform you that the Government produce asylum dispersal
and placement data which is publicly available with authority area
breakdown on the Home Office website via the following link:

[1]www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets

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

Our response

Please see response to Question 1 above

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)

Our response

Please see response to Question 1 above

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)

Our response

Please see response to Question 1 above

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copyright. You are free to use them for your own use, including for
non-commercial research purposes. They may also be used for news
reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing
the document or issuing copies to the public will require the permission
of the copyright owner.

As per the Information Commissioners Office’s Freedom of Information Code
of Practice, should you disagree with our decision, you may appeal within
40 working days of this email to:

The Borough Solicitor, Bolton Council, Town Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RU

Email: [2][email address]

Should you further disagree with the decision following the appeal you may
wish to contact the Information Commissioner:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF

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Tel: 0303 123 1113

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Team

Room 120, 1^st Floor, Town Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RU

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