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Dear Mr Murphy

WAV1406206 - request for information

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From: Oliver Murphy <[FOI #859474 email]>
Sent: 05 May 2022 13:22
To: Freedom of Information <[Waverley Borough Council request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Number of LGBT individuals
making a homeless application between 2018-2022

[** This email originates from an external source **]

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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Dear Oliver Murphy

Thank you for submitting this request for information. We have assigned
your request the following reference: AI2/1643 and will provide further
updates via email.

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Kind Regards

Legal Services Team
Waverley Borough Council

Dear Mr Murphy,

Request for information – WAV1406206 and A12/1643

Thank you for your email which has been processed under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

I am assisting with processing at a time of increased demand for this
service and please accept my sincere apologies for the time that it has
taken to provide the response to you.

Your original request is set out below with the Council’s response
alongside in blue for your ease of reference.

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 –
Not known but see (iv)

(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: Not known but see (iv)

(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: Not known

(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:

2021-2022 (3 quarters only) = 63 Heterosexual/Straight, 0
Homosexual/lesbian/gay, 2 other, 137 prefer not to say, not known 0

2020-2021 =  45 Heterosexual/Straight, 0 Homosexual/lesbian/gay, 2 other,
206 prefer not to say, not known 0

2019-2020 =  78 Heterosexual/Straight, 0 Homosexual/lesbian/gay, 2 other,
199 prefer not to say, not known 0

2018-2019 = Not known

(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). Not known

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Yours sincerely,

Gillian Carson-Jones

Litigation, Licensing and Regulatory Solicitor

Waverley Borough Council

Tel: 01483 523504

Working Monday – Friday