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Dear Angus Council,

I am writing to you to request the following information.

1) Between 2014 and 2019, a per-year breakdown of the the total number of homeless presentations to the council.
1a) Please also provide a yearly breakdown of reasons for presenting as homeless (e.g. bereavement, loss of income, family breakdown etc.)

2) For 2020, please provide a monthly (i.e. January: 10) breakdown of the total number of homeless presentations to the council.
2a) Please also provide a monthly breakdown of reasons for presenting as homeless (e.g. bereavement, loss of income, family breakdown etc.)
2b) Within this, please provide a monthly breakdowns where those presentations can be linked to deaths linked with Covid-19.

Yours faithfully,

Conor Matchett

InformationGovernance, Angus Council

Dear Mr Matchett

 

Thank you for your information request dated 20 October 2020 (received by
Angus Council 21 October 2020).

 

If we are unable to provide you with a response within 20 working days, we
will advise you of this in writing.

 

Please refer to the information below which explains your right to
complain if you are unhappy with how the Council is dealing with your
request.

 

If you have any queries, please ask for me on 01307 491752 or email
[1][Angus Council request email].

 

Yours sincerely

Brenda Angus 

 

 

Brenda Angus | Business Support Assistant | Angus Council | Tel: 01307
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2004

INSPIRE (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2009

                                                 

Your Right to Request a Review by the Council

                                                               

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which Angus Council has dealt with
your request for information under any of the above statutory instruments,
you have a right to ask the council to review its actions and/or decisions
regarding your request. If you wish to do this, you should make your
request to the Director of Legal & Democratic Services, Angus Council,
Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar DD8 1AN or e-mail
[2][Angus Council request email] within 40 working days.

 

Your request must:                    

o be in writing (or recordable format);
o give your name and address for correspondence;
o give details of the information which you originally requested from
the council;  and
o give the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which your
application for information has been dealt with.

 

Your application for review will then be considered by the council’s
review panel.  The review panel will write to you informing you of its
decision not later than 20 working days after receipt of your request for
a review. The review panel will also provide you with a statement of its
reasons for arriving at the decision it has made.

 

Your Right to Appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner

 

If you are dissatisfied with a decision of the council's review panel (or
where the review panel has not provided you with a response), you have the
right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision as
to whether your request for information has been dealt with by the council
in accordance with the above statutory instruments.

 

Your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must:

o be in a recordable format (letter, e-mail, audio tape etc);

o give your name and address for correspondence.
o give details of the request for information which you originally
requested from the council;
o give details of why you were dissatisfied with the council’s response
to your original request;
o give details of why you were dissatisfied with the decision of the
council's review panel.

 

In the case of an EIR or FOI request your application to the Scottish
Information Commissioner must be made within 6 months of receipt of the
decision of the council’s review panel (or within 6 months of the date
that the review panel should have responded).  No such time limit applies
under the 2009 Regulations. 

 

Appeals to the Commissioner can be lodged online through the following
hyperlink:

[3]http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourR...
or by contacting:

 

Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St
Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS; Telephone - 01334 464610; Fax - 01334 464611;
Email - [4][email address]

 

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StewartM1, Angus Council

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Dear Mr Matchett

Request for Information

Thank you for your request for information dated 20 October 2020 (received
by the Council that same date) which has been passed to me for attention.

You have requested the following information:

1      Between 2014 and 2019, a per-year breakdown of the the total number
of homeless presentations to the council.

1a) Please also provide a yearly breakdown of reasons for presenting as
homeless (e.g. bereavement, loss of income, family breakdown etc.)

 

2      For 2020, please provide a monthly (i.e. January: 10) breakdown of
the total number of homeless presentations to the council.

2a) Please also provide a monthly breakdown of reasons for presenting as
homeless (e.g. bereavement, loss of income, family breakdown etc.)

2b) Within this, please provide a monthly breakdowns where those
presentations can be linked to deaths linked with Covid-19.

Please see attached spreadsheet.  We do not hold information relating to
question 2b.

In compiling responses to information requests we invariably use
information which is routinely published on the [1]Council’s website or
through its [2]Publication Scheme. If you require further information
please first check that the information you want is not routinely
published as any such information is exempt from release in terms of
Section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 or Regulation
6(1)(b) of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

Please note that the information contained in this reply is believed to be
accurate as at todays date (unless otherwise indicated) but no warranty is
given. Further, Angus Council does not accept liability for any loss,
injury or damage which arises from the use of the information contained in
this reply either by you or by any other party. Please refer to the
information set out in the Appendix which explains your right to ask for a
review if you are unhappy with how the Council has dealt with your
request.

If you have any queries, please telephone 0779 353 8879 or e-mail
[3][email address]

Yours sincerely

 

Michelle Stewart | Service Development Officer | Housing (Strategy) |
Place | Angus Council | Orchardbank Business Park | Forfar DD8 1AF

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APPENDIX

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2004

INSPIRE (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2009

 

Your Right to Request a Review by the Council

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which Angus Council has dealt with
your request for information under the above legislation, you have a right
to ask the council to review its actions and/or decisions regarding your
request. If you wish to do this, you should make your request to the
Director - Legal & Democratic Services, Angus Council, Angus House,
Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar DD8 1AN or e-mail
[email address] within 40 working days.

Your request must:

·             be in writing (or recordable format);

·             give your name and address for correspondence;

·             give details of the information which you originally
requested from the council; and

·             give the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in
which your application for information has been dealt with.

Your application for review will then be considered by the council’s
review panel. The review panel will write to you informing you of its
decision not later than 20 working days after receipt of your request for
a review. The review panel will also provide you with a statement of its
reasons for arriving at the decision it has made.

Your Right to Appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner

If you are dissatisfied with a decision of the council's review panel (or
where the review panel has not provided you with a response), you have the
right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision as
to whether your request for information has been dealt with by the council
in accordance with the above statutory instruments.

Your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must:

·             be in a recordable format (letter, e-mail, audio tape etc);

·             give your name and address for correspondence.

·             give details of the request for information which you
originally requested from the council;

·             give details of why you were dissatisfied with the council’s
response to your original request;

·             give details of why you were dissatisfied with the decision
of the council's review panel.

In the case of an EIR or FOI request your application to the Scottish
Information Commissioner must be made within 6 months of receipt of the
decision of the council’s review panel (or within 6 months of the date
that the review panel should have responded). No such time limit applies
under the 2009 Regulations.

Appeals to the Commissioner can be lodged online through the following
hyperlink:
[6]http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourR...
or by contacting:

Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St
Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS; Telephone - 01334 464610; Fax - 01334 464611;
Email - [email address])

 

 

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