Number of LGBT individuals making a homeless application between 2018-2022
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
Dear Oliver Murphy,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST IG000318
I write further to your email dated 05/05/2022.
Your request has been dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA), explained on our [1]freedom of information
page.
Your request:
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).
Our response:
I am writing to advise that the information requested is not held. Our
system does not capture sexual orientation in relation to homeless
applications.
The supply of information in response to a freedom of information request
does not confer the right to re-use the information. UK copyright law
allows information supplied for the purposes of private study and
non-commercial research to be used without permission. Information
supplied can also be re-used for the purposes of news reporting except for
in the case of photographs.
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Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
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