Emergency Accomodation
Dear Leicester City Council,
•What was the number of households put into emergency accommodation organised by the council in each of the years from 2019-2024?
• How many of these households were given emergency accommodation outside the council area in each of the years from 2019-2024?
• How many of these households were places in Hotels/B&Bs in each of the years from 2019-2024?
•What was the average nightly rate spent on Hotels/B&Bs in each of the years from 2019-2024?
• What was the average length of time spent in emergency accommodation in each of the years from 2019-2024?
•What are your minimum property requirements needed to provide temporary accommodation & emergency housing services to the council?
•The minimum, maximum and average rates paid to independent providers / home providers
for the delivery of temporary accommodation & emergency housing in the borough?
•How many temporary accommodation & emergency housing companies / landlords are operating in the borough of Basildon?
•As a new service who do we contact about supporting the council with temporary housing & emergency housing in the borough?
•What type of temporary accommodation services & emergency housing are you looking for?
•Do we need to apply for a local authority contract in order to
supply temporary accommodation & emergency housing services if so where do we apply?
•What are the contact details for the department that handles Temporary accommodation & emergency accommodation?
Yours faithfully,
melchizedek sibindi
Website: [1]www.leicester.gov.uk
E-mail: [2][Leicester City Council request email]
Our Ref: FOIA 34303
Date: 24^th March 2025
Melchizedek Sibindi
[3][FOI #1258567 email]
Dear M Sibindi,
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Acknowledgement
Thank you for your email of 22^nd March 2025 requesting information about
emergency accommodation.
Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.
If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
Yours sincerely,
Information Governance & Risk
Leicester City Council
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1. http://www.leicester.gov.uk/
2. mailto:[leicester%20city%20council%20request%20email]
3. mailto:[foi%20#1258567%20email]
Dear M Sibindi
Thank you for your email of 22nd March 2025 requesting information about
emergency accommodation.
From our preliminary assessment, it is clear that we will not be able to
answer your request without further clarification.
Can you please clarify whether the information you are asking for is
relating to homelessness duties only, or wider duties including Adult
Social Care, Children Services, Domestic Abuse etc.?
Also please note, we are not in the borough of Baslidon, therefore you may
want to reword your request.
Once you have clarified your request, we will be able to reconsider your
request. If this clarification is not received within one month of the
date of this email, your request will be considered to have lapsed. Under
Section 1(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), a public
authority need not comply with a request unless any further information
reasonably required to locate the information is supplied.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any further
communications.
Yours sincerely
Information Governance & Risk
Leicester City Council
City Hall, 115 Charles Street
Leicester LE1 1FZ
Dear info-requests,
Yes, this request is relating to homelessness duties and please accept my apologies for mentioning Basildon council, I would like to formally replace it with Leicester council.
Yours sincerely,
melchizedek sibindi
Dear M Sibindi
Please find attached Leicester City Council’s response to your recent
Freedom of Information request.
Regards
Information Governance & Risk
Leicester City Council
City Hall, 115 Charles Street
Leicester LE1 1FZ
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