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From: Oliver Murphy <[FOI #859365 email]>
Sent: 05 May 2022 13:20
To: Data Requests <[North Northants Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Number of LGBT individuals
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Dear FOI Team,

I write to request information on the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) individuals who made a homeless application as legally
homeless and/or being threatened with homelessness between January 2018
and April 2022.

As part of this request, I would like the information to be broken down
into the following:

(i) The number of individuals making a homeless application while 'legally
homeless' since 2018, broken down into sexual orientation (including
transgender), per month, per year and grand total;

(ii) The number of individuals making a homeless application 'threatened
with homelessness' since 2018, broken down into sexual orientation
(including transgender), per month, per year and grand total;

(iii) The number of individuals supported into accommodation
(temporary/emergency) since 2018, broken down into sexual orientation
(including transgender), per month, per year and grand total;

(iv) The number of individuals owed a prevention and/or relief duty since
2018, broken down into sexual orientation (including transgender), per
month, per year and grand total;

(v) The number of individuals to date, still waiting to be supported into
accommodation, broken down by sexual orientation (including transgender).

(*Individuals defined as anyone between the ages of 16-80 years-old).

Yours faithfully,

Oliver Murphy

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Our Ref: F0092

Date: 6^th June 2022

Dear Sir

Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
relating to number of LGBT individuals making a homeless application
between 2018-2022, which we received on 5^th May 2022. I can confirm
that North Northamptonshire Council holds the information requested.
Please find our response below.

(i) The number of individuals making a homeless application
while 'legally homeless' since 2018, broken down into sexual orientation
(including transgender), per month, per year and grand total;

2018 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals
Female 63 75 95 76 73 61 82 60 37 622
Male 46 40 48 58 42 42 50 52 29 407
Transgender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prefer Not To
Say 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 109 115 143 134 115 103 132 112 66 1029

Unable to gather
data prior to
April 2018 as
moved across to
new homelessness
reporting software
tool

2019 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals
Female 91 61 49 52 48 50 71 49 50 44 47 25 637
Male 48 42 33 48 52 28 33 47 36 51 39 24 481
Transgender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Prefer Not To
Say 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 139 103 82 100 100 78 104 96 86 96 87 49 1120

2020 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals
Female 66 49 32 31 28 42 56 56 52 62 48 32 554
Male 49 45 49 42 29 46 38 41 30 54 30 30 483
Transgender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Prefer Not To
Say 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Total 116 94 82 73 57 88 94 97 82 116 79 63 1041

2021 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals
Female 53 59 75 36 46 49 61 55 59 69 71 37 670
Male 51 43 44 62 44 40 49 40 59 33 53 43 561
Transgender 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
Prefer Not To
Say 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 104 103 120 98 90 89 110 95 118 103 124 81 1235

2022 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals
Female 58 61 66 50 10 245
Male 54 43 47 38 14 196
Transgender 0 1 0 0 1 2
Prefer Not To
Say 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 112 105 113 89 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 444

(ii) The number of individuals making a homeless
application 'threatened with homelessness' since 2018, broken down
into sexual orientation (including transgender), per month, per year
and grand total;
• Monthly data relates to the month the prevention duty was accepted
2018 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals
Female 18 22 42 46 40 36 49 37 25 315
Male 12 16 15 25 11 18 17 14 11 139
Transgender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prefer Not To
Say 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 30 38 57 71 51 54 66 51 36 454

Unable to
gather data
prior to April
2018 as moved
across to new
homelessness
reporting
software tool

2019 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals
Female 36 46 29 35 30 32 26 37 29 20 21 25 366
Male 14 17 14 23 26 10 21 14 16 14 19 10 198
Transgender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prefer Not To
Say 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 50 63 43 58 56 42 47 51 45 34 41 35 565
2020 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals
Female 20 32 29 22 15 17 26 31 29 38 29 19 307
Male 9 21 10 23 20 14 12 19 8 19 7 13 175
Transgender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prefer Not To
Say 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 30 53 39 45 35 31 38 50 37 57 36 32 483
2021 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals
Female 27 29 44 26 19 25 27 29 22 27 42 27 344
Male 11 20 15 19 20 16 10 16 15 21 9 15 187
Transgender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prefer Not To
Say 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 38 49 59 45 39 41 37 45 37 48 51 42 531
2022 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals
Female 19 19 39 39 38 154
Male 7 18 18 22 14 79
Transgender 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prefer Not To
Say 0 0 0 0 1 1
Total 26 37 57 61 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 234

(iii) The number of individuals supported into accommodation
(temporary/emergency) since 2018, broken down into sexual orientation
(including transgender), per month, per year and grand total;

Please be advised that we are unable to provide a response to this
question, as the 4 previous districts / boroughs prior to the formation of
the new unitary council did not utilise a central reporting tool to
monitor temporary accommodation

(iv) The number of individuals owed a prevention and/or relief duty since
2018, broken down into sexual orientation (including transgender), per
month, per year and grand total;

Please see response above.

(v) The number of individuals to date, still waiting to be supported into
accommodation, broken down by sexual orientation (including transgender).

Current Cases Prev Relief Main Duty Totals
Female 92 162 82 336
Male 43 144 34 221
Transgender 0 2 1 3
Prefer Not To Say 1 0 0 1
Total 136 308 117 561

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