Dear Ms. Goodfellow

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST REF: 2016-1561

                                                                                                

I am writing to confirm that we received your information request on 20
December 2016. For your information and future communications your request
has been allocated the reference number FOI2016-1561. Please quote this
reference in any future correspondence.

 

We will consider your request and respond in accordance with the
requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Our duty is to
respond promptly or at least within 20 working days.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Robin Yu

Information Governance and Management Officer

Shared ICT Service

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX

Tel: 020 7938 8226

 

Email: [1][email address] | Website: [2]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk

 

 

 

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Dear Ms. Goodfellow

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REF: 2016-1561

 

I am responding to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
which we received on 19 December 2016, for information held by the
Council. You requested:

 

1. How many households are currently in temporary accommodation who cited
domestic violence in their homelessness application? How many of these are
statutorily homeless and how many have the council accepted a duty to
rehouse?

 

Please see TABLE 1 below:

 

Application Status Number  of Households
Duty Accepted 266
Intentionally Homeless 1
Not eligible 2
Not Homeless 1
Not in priority need 3
Under Investigation 9
Total 282

TABLE 1: Households Fleeing DV currently placed in Temporary Accommodation

 

 

2. How many women without dependents made homeless applications in the
following years? Of this number, how many were accepted as the council
having a duty to rehouse?

a) 2010/2011

b) 2011/2012

c) 2012/2013

d) 2013/2014

e) 2014/2015

f) 2015/2016

 

Please see TABLE 2 below:

 

Number of
Applications Application Status  
Not In
Duty Not Not Priority Intentionally Under
Year Accepted Homeless Eligible Need Homeless Investigation Total
2010-11 12 4 1 2  0 0 19
2011-12 20 7  0 2 0 0 29
2012-13 15 3 1 5 0 0 24
2013-14 20 8  0 4 0 0 32
2014-15 22 4 2 5 0 0 33
2015-16 20 3 0 2 0 0 25
2016 - 0
Current 12 1  0 1 6 20
Grand Total 125 30 4 20 1 6 186

TABLE 2: Number of Homeless Applications from Women Fleeing DV without
Dependents

 

 

3.    How many women without dependents made homeless applications citing
domestic violence in the following years? Of this number, how many were
accepted as the council having a duty to rehouse?

 

a) 2010/2011

b) 2011/2012

c) 2012/2013

d) 2013/2014

e) 2014/2015

f) 2015/2016

 

Please see TABLE 3 below:

 

Number of
Applications Application Status  
Referred
Duty Not Not Intentionally to Other Under
Year Accepted Homeless Eligible Homeless Borough Investigation Total
2010-11 42 8 2 1 0 0 53
2011-12 52 6 0 0 0 0 58
2012-13 57 3 1 0 0 0 61
2013-14 50 9 0 0 1 0 60
2014-15 49 3 0 2 1 0 55
2015-16 42 4 0 0 3 0 49
2016 to
22-12-16 29 5 0 1 0 7 42
Total 321 38 3 4 5 7 378

TABLE 3: Number of Homeless Applications from Women Fleeing DV with
Dependents

 

4. How much money per financial year does the council spend on services it
identifies as specifically supporting BME/ BAME people and/ or ethnic
minorities? 

a) 2010/ 2011

b) 2011/2012

c) 2012/2013

d) 2013/2014

e) 2014/2015

f) 2015/2016 (including projected costs for q4)

 

We do not have a central record of spend on BME/BAME people and/or ethnic
minorities. If you are able to identify which services you are interesting
in then we may be able to provide this information for those services.

 

5. In 2015 how many single households without dependents fleeing domestic
violence were placed in the following types of accommodation:

a) Hostel Accommodation

b) Private Sector Leased Temporary accommodation c)Private rented
accommodation

d) Housing Association accommodation

e) Council owned accommodation

f) Temporary accommodation outside of the borough

 

Please see TABLE 4 below:

 

Number of Households Area  
Accommodation Type In Borough Out of Borough Total
Bed and Breakfast 2 9 11
Private Sector Leased Accommodation 1 12 13
Supported Hostel 4 0 4
Total 7 21 28

TABLE 4: Number of Single Households without Dependents Fleeing DV and
Placed into Temporary Accommodation

 

6. In 2015 how many single households with dependents fleeing domestic
violence were placed in the following types of accommodation: Please see
TABLE 5 below:

a) Hostel Accommodation

b) Private Sector Leased Temporary accommodation c)Private rented
accommodation

d) Housing Association accommodation

e) Council owned accommodation

f) Temporary accommodation outside of the borough

 

Number of Households Area  
Accommodation Type In Borough Out of Borough Out of London Total
Bed and Breakfast 0 7 0 7
Private Sector Leased
Accommodation 4 33 3 40
Council Owned Hostel 1 0 0 1
Total 5 40 3 48

TABLE 5: Number of Single Households with Dependents Fleeing DV and Placed
into Temporary Accommodation

 

Complaints

 

I trust this has satisfied your request. Should you be unhappy with the
handling of your request, the Council has an internal complaints process
for handling FOIA complaints. Complaints are reviewed by the Chief
Solicitor and Monitoring Officer or her nominee. A form is available from
our website to lodge your complaint
[1]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/councilanddemocra...
Please contact us if you do not have website access and we can provide you
with a copy of the form. Following this review, should you still be
unhappy with how your information request has been handled, you have a
further right to appeal to the Information Commissioner who is responsible
for ensuring compliance with FOIA.  

 

Yours sincerely

 

Robin Yu

Information Governance and Management Officer

Shared ICT Service

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX

Tel: 020 7938 8226

 

Email: [2][email address] | Website: [3]http://www.rbkc.gov.uk

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