Dear Oliver Murphy

Oxford City Council – Reference: FOI 11086

Thank you for your email below. Your request was received on 5 May 2022 and you will be sent a response within 20 working days (of receipt) in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000/ Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), subject to the information not being exempt or containing reference to a third party.

Due to an unprecedented volume of Freedom of Information Requests currently, it is likely that some requests may go beyond the 20 working days, we are working as hard as possible to respond in a timely manner, but we feel it is better to keep requestors informed in advance.

Yours sincerely

Elizabeth Godin | Information Governance Manager | Law and Governance | SAC 3.8 | Oxford City Council | St Aldates Chambers | 109-113 St. Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1DS 
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Dear Oliver Murphy

Oxford City Council – Reference: 11086

Further to the acknowledgement below, I can respond to your Freedom of
Information Act 2000 request received on 5^th May 2022 as follows:

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).

Response

Please see the attached spreadsheet setting out details as below. Note
that Oxford City Council only collects data under the following
categories:

·       Gay/lesbian

·       Heterosexual/ straight

·       Other sexual orientation

·       Prefer not to say/not known

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;

Supplied under section “Already homeless – relief duty owed”

(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;

Supplied under section “Threatened with homelessness”

(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;

Supplied under section “Placements in 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;

Those who apply as homeless and are assessed as threatened with
homelessness are owed a prevention duty, see section “Threatened with
homelessness”. Those who apply as homeless and are assessed as already
homeless are owed a relief duty, see section “Already homeless – relief
duty owed”.

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

Supplied under sections “Pending prevention duty cases” and “Pending
relief duty cases”

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

If you disagree with any part of the response to your request, you are
entitled to ask the Council for an internal review of the decision(s)
made.  You may do this by writing to the Monitoring Officer, by either
email – [1][email address] – or by post to Monitoring Officer, Oxford
City Council, St Aldate’s Chambers, St Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1DS.  After
the result of the internal review, if you remain dissatisfied, you may ask
the Information Commissioner to intervene on your behalf.  You may do this
by writing to the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | SAC 3.8 | Oxford City
Council | St Aldates Chambers | 109-113 St. Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1DS 

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www.twitter.com/OxfordCity | Like us on Facebook:
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