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Dear Mr Hay

Thank you for your recent enquiry. Please see below for our response

1. How many individuals did the council house during period 1st Mar 2020
to close of business 18th Feb 2021 where the individual(s) has No Recourse
to Public Funds (NRPF) status? 

    3 – in temporary or emergency accommodation -  

2. How many families did the council house during  period 1st Mar 2020 to
close of business 18th Feb 2021 where the parent(s) has No Recourse to
Public Funds (NRPF) status?  None

3. How many individuals did the council move on or relocate during period
1st Mar 2020 to close of business 18th Feb 2021 where the individual(s)
has No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) status?

    2 cases were relocated with the applicants consent or request

4. Where an individual with NRPF status has been evicted or relocated
during period 1st Mar 2020 to close of business 18th Feb 2021, how many
individuals did the council relocate to alternative accommodation:

a. Outside of the borough  2

b. Inside the borough 0

5. From period 1st Mar 2020 to close of business 18th Feb 2021, how many
requests for support were made to the council resulting in the
individual(s) with NRPF receiving support from the council? Not sure what
is meant by support – we provided emergency or temporary accommodation as
a housing authority

6. From period 1st Mar 2020 to close of business 18th Feb 2021, how many
requests for support were granted by the council resulting in the
individual(s) with NRPF receiving support from the council? Answer as  for
3 above

7. From period 1st Mar 2020 to close of business 18th Feb 2021, in cases
where requests were denied support by the council for individual(s) with
NRPF, what were the reasons for this? None  if referring to emergency
temporary accommodation

8. In the 18 months prior to COVID-19 - period 1st Aug 2018 - 29th Feb
2020, how many individual(s) were accommodated on average per month by the
council where the individual(s) has NRPF status? This would be a zero
average

9. What was the council’s policy on NRPF pre COVID-19 (as a benchmark,
please use 1st March 2020 to define pre COVID-19)? If homeless or threat
of homelessness no recourse was established  no emergency or temporary
accommodation would be provided and a decision letter would be issued

10. What is the council’s policy on NRPF post COVID-19 ie 1st March 2020
onwards – this is currently under review

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Regards

Sue Lucking

S.Lucking

Housing Options Manager

Elmbridge Borough Council

Civic Centre

High Street

Esher

Surrey

KT10 9SD

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