Housing Asylum Seekers
Dear Epping Forest District Council,
please provide the following information:
1) are EFDC providing housing in the district for any asylum seekers, regardless of where they have come from?
2) if the answer to 1) above is yes, then how many asylum seekers are being housed?
2) if the answer to 1) above is yes, then what form does this housing take (e.g. house, flat or temporary facility)
4) if the answer to 1) above is yes, then how much is this costing per month?
Yours faithfully,
Aidan Sayers
Dear Aidan Sayers,
Freedom of Information Request Ref:3109
I refer to your recent request for information about housing for asylum
seekers, which was received by the Council on the 22nd of September 2023.
Your request is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be responded to within twenty working days
of the date of its receipt by the Council.
If you have any queries about your freedom of information request, do not
hesitate to contact me. Please quote the reference number above in any
further communication concerning your request.
Yours faithfully,
Beau Klusko
Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ
(01992) 564000
Dear Aidan Sayers,
Freedom of Information Request Ref: 3109
I refer to your recent request for information about asylum seekers.
EFDC do not house Asylum Seekers – this responsibility sits with the Home
Office. The information that you have requested is not held by Epping
Forest District Council.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your freedom of information
request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review
requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your receipt
of this response to your request and should be addressed to: Lynne Ridley,
Corporate and Data Protection Officer, Epping Forest District Council,
Civic Offices, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BZ.
Please quote the reference number above in any further communication
concerning your freedom of information request.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of an internal review, you have
the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner in
connection with the Council’s handling of your request. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours faithfully,
Lynne Ridley
Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ
(01992) 564000
Dear Epping Forest District Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Epping Forest District Council's handling of my FOI request 'Housing Asylum Seekers'.
Following a FOI request to the Home Office, I have been advised that EFDC are providing support to 323 asylum seekers. Therefore, you reply to my FOI request was incorrect. Please review and respond correctly.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/h...
Yours faithfully,
Aidan Sayers
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