Households presenting as homeless between 2022 and 2023 that claim Universal Credit
Dear FOI Team,
I write to request information on the number of households claiming Universal Credit and/or housing benefit who presented to you as homeless between May 2022 and June 2023.
As part of this request, I would like this information to be broken down into the following:
(i) The total number of households claiming Universal Credit presenting as homeless since May 2022, broken down into leasehold property, private rented and social housing;
(i) The total number of households claiming housing benefit – part of the legacy welfare system – presenting as homeless since May 2022, broken down into leasehold property, private rented and social housing (if relevant).
If the cost of breaking down property types exceeds the figure set out in Section 12 of the FOI Act, then please provide a total amount of households presenting while claiming Universal Credit.
If possible, please present the information in Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
Oliver Murphy
Dear Oliver Murphy
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by South Oxfordshire District Council on 1 August 2023.
Please accept this email as confirmation that your request has been received and is being considered by the relevant department and that a response will be sent to you within 20 working days, subject to the information not being exempt and subject to any need for clarification.
The deadline for this will be 31 August 2023
The reference number for this request is South 23/462
I trust that this email is sufficient to assure you that your request is being dealt with. However, should you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team at [South Oxfordshire District Council request email]
Kind regards
Information Governance Team
Legal & Democratic Services
South Oxfordshire District Council
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South Oxfordshire District Council
Dear Mr Murphy
Thank you for your Freedom of Information requests, which were received by
both South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District
Councils, logged under 23/395 (VALE) & 23/462 (SOUTH). Please note that
the two councils operate as a shared service hence this joint response.
Under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 2000 Act) you
are entitled to be informed in writing whether the council holds the
information specified in your request and, if that is the case, to have
that information communicated to you unless any of the statutory
exemptions apply. I have considered your request and can confirm we do
hold some of the information asked and I do not believe any of the
statutory exemptions apply to your request. Please find below the
information you requested:
I write to request information on the number of households claiming
Universal Credit and/or housing benefit who presented to you as homeless
between May 2022 and June 2023.
As part of this request, I would like this information to be broken down
into the following:
(i) The total number of households claiming Universal Credit
presenting as homeless since May 2022, broken down into leasehold
property, private rented and social housing; The system does not capture
whether the people who presented themselves as homeless were/are claiming
Universal Credit, so we are unable to provide this information.
(ii) The total number of households claiming housing benefit –
part of the legacy welfare system – presenting as homeless since May 2022,
broken down into leasehold property, private rented and social housing (if
relevant). The system does not capture whether the people who presented
themselves as homeless were/are claiming Housing Benefit, so we are unable
to provide this information.
Please treat this as the councils’ formal response under the 2000 Act. If
you are not satisfied with the decision I have made in response to your
request, you can make a request for an internal review by emailing
[1][South Oxfordshire District Council request email] and [2][email address] within 40 working
days from the date we issued our response. If you remain dissatisfied
after following that procedure, you have the right under Section 50 of the
2000 Act to complain to the Information Commissioner if you feel the
council has not dealt with your request properly. You can contact the
Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
(telephone number: 01625 545745). You can also find further information at
[3]www.ico.org.uk.
Kind regards
Thom
Thom Gaunt
Housing Needs Team Leader – Housing Advice
Housing and Environment
South Oxfordshire and Vale of
White Horse District Councils
01235 422 442
[4]www.southoxon.gov.uk
[5]www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk
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3. http://www.ico.org.uk/
4. http://www.southoxon.gov.uk/
5. http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/
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