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Dear Florence Wood

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Thank you for your request for information received on 8th December 2022.
We have considered your request and enclose the following information -

 

1. The total current number of homeless people by age group, including
rough sleepers (15-24; 25-34; 35-44; 45-54; 55-64; 65+)

 

Total amounts of homeless people for the period 21/12/21 to 21/12/22
(Section 73 duty) split by age group

a)15-24 - 175

b)25-34 - 237

c)35-44 - 211

d)45-54 - 103

e)55-64 - 46

f) 65+    - 15

 

2. The current number of rough sleepers by age group

 

10 – all in age group 35-44

 

3. The total number of homeless deaths by age group (number of deaths
within the 12 months up to the latest data)

 

Total number of homeless deaths from 21/12/21 to date

a)15-24 - 1

b)25-34 - 1

c)35-44 - 2

d)45-54 - 1

e)55-64 - 1

 

4. The cause of death as a percentage of all deaths (suicide, alcohol,
drugs, etc.)

 

Of the 6 deaths recorded

33.33% cause of death unknown

33.33% drug overdose

16.66% natural causes

16.66% death attributed lifestyle rough sleeper drug user

 

5. The cause of death for homeless individuals aged 15-24 as a percentage.

 

100% cause of death unknown

 

 

We supply this information based on your original request. If this is not
what you wanted or if you feel we have not fully understood your request,
please do not hesitate to contact me to clarify your exact requirements.

 

If you have any queries or concerns or are in any way dissatisfied with
the handling of your request, please contact [1][Caerphilly County Borough Council request email].

 

Yours sincerely

 

Uned Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth Gorfforaethol | Corporate Information
Governance Unit

Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili | Caerphilly County Borough Council

Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations
2004

 

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If you wish to appeal please set out If you are unhappy with that decision
in writing your grounds of appeal you have the right to appeal to:
and send to:
 
Corporate Information Governance
Unit Information Commissioner’s Office –
Caerphilly County Borough Council, Wales
Penallta House 2nd Floor, Churchill House
Tredomen Park Churchill Way
Hengoed. CF82 7PG Cardiff CF10 2HH

   

Appeals will be determined by an Tel: 0330 414 6421
appropriate senior officer.
Website: [2]www.ico.org.uk

Email: [3][email address]

 

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directly from the copyright owner.

 

How we will use your information

Caerphilly County Borough Council will process your request, the
information relevant to your request, your identity and contact details
for the purposes of providing you with a response.  A copy of your request
and your response will be kept for 3 years.  Some requests and responses
may be kept longer but this will be in an anonymised form.  

 

Your request including your identity and contact details will be
distributed to relevant service areas and elected members who may either
hold the information you have requested or are involved in the processing
of requests.  Other organisations and individuals who may be affected by
the disclosure of the information you have requested may be consulted
prior to a decision being made on the disclosure.

If you have made a complaint to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)
or others in relation to the processing of your request, copies of your
request, response and any additional correspondence between you and
Caerphilly County Borough Council in relevant to your request may be
shared with them.

 

You have a number of rights in relation to your information including the
right of access to information we hold about you and the right of
complaint if you are unhappy with the way that we have handled your
request or your information.

For further information on how we process your information and your rights
please click the following link:

[4]https://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/Caerphilly...

 

 

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