Pregnant and homeless
Dear Flintshire County Council,
Could you please provide the following for 2017/18; 2018/19
1. The number of females who presented as being homeless and pregnant?
2. The number of females placed in Temporary Accommodation as a result of being pregnant?
3. The number of homeless females who present as being pregnant to Housing Department who were referred to Social Services?
4. The number of homeless females who present as being pregnant to Housing Department who were referred to Social Services as a Safeguarding issue?
5. A split of the types of TA that have been used for those identified in (2) above? (Council, Private landlord, Housing Association, B & B - Hotel)
6. The number of those identified in (2) who had a partner living with them?
7. The number of females who give birth who were not known to Housing in advance of the birth for which accommodation was provided?
8. The number females and baby provided with permanent accommodation after the birth?
9. The number of babies that were separated at birth from a female defined as homeless?
Regards.
Derek
Yours faithfully,
Derek Jackson
Dear Mr Jackson,
Pregnant and Homeless
I write to acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request
which has been given the reference number F00017799. Your request has
been forwarded to the Freedom of Information Act Contact Officer for
Housing to process and this Officer will be in contact with you.
Should you send any further correspondence about this request, please
include the reference number and either e.mail it to
[Flintshire County Council request email], or post it to Freedom of Information, Flintshire
County Council, Information Governance, County Hall, Mold, Flintshire, CH7
6NB.
Regards,
FOI Contact Officer
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Gellir cynnwys y ddogfen gyfathrebu hon ac unrhyw ddogfennau amgaeêdig yn
amodol ar hawlfraint. Hyn anfonwyd atoch er gwybodaeth i chi a gallwch ei
ddefnyddio ar gyfer unrhyw ymchwil anfasnachol yr ydych yn ei wneud neu
ymgymryd â. Gellir hefyd defnyddio ei gynnwys at ddibenion adrodd
newyddion. Os oes angen i chi ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth mewn unrhyw fordd
arall, er enghraifft, cyhoeddi neu gyhoeddi masnachol ar wefan, mae angen
caniatâd gyn y Cyngor. Os hoffech ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth, cysylltwch â
ni, gan roi gwybod i ni sut rydych chi yn bwriadu ei ailddefnyddio a beth
fydd y gynulleidfa a fwriadwyd fel y gallwn ystyriwch eich cais. Dylid
anfon y wybodaeth hon at: Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Tîm
Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Neuadd Y Sir, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Y Fflint, CH7 6NB,
neu drwy e-bostio [email address].
Os ydych yn anfodlon â’r modd y mae’r Cyngor wedi ymdrin eich cais am
wybodaeth, gallwch ofyn am adolygiad mewnol o fewn 2 fis o dyddiad yr
ymateb hwn. Lle mae’ch cwyn yn un cymhleth efallai na fydd yn bosib delio
ag ef o fewn yr amserlen uchod. Mewn sefyllfa o’r fath, bydd adroddiad
cynnydd yn cael ei anfon o fewn yr amserlen.
Dylech anfon cais am adolygiad mewnol i’r Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth
y Cyngor:
Team Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Neuadd y Sir, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Y Fflint, CH7
6NB
Neu drwy e-bostio [Flintshire County Council request email]
Cofiwch ddyfynnu rhif cyfeirnod eich cais gwreiddiol.
Mae gennych hawl hefyd i gwyno wrth y Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth. Gallwch
gysylltu â’r Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth yn y cyfeiriad canlynol:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Fodd bynnag, dylech nodi nad yw’r Comisiynydd fel arfer yn ymchwilio i
gwyn nes ei fod wedi bod drwy ein proses adolygu fewnol.
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Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth Gymraeg. Ymatebwn yn ddi-oed i ohebiaeth a
dderbynnir drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.
Deellir na fydd unrhyw safbwyntiau, na chynghorion, na
chasgliadau nac unrhyw wybodaeth arall yn y neges hon,
nad ydynt yn berthnasol i waith swyddogol
Cyngor Sir y Fflint, yn cael eu cynnig na'u cadarnhau ganddo
nac ar ei ran, ac felly ni fydd Cyngor Sir y Fflint yn derbyn
unrhyw gyfrifoldeb am y rhannau hynny o'r neges.
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Dear Mr Jackson
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 12^th June 2019,
regarding pregnancy and homelessness.
Flintshire County Council does not record the information regarding
pregnancy separately, and therefore it would involve manually searching
each homeless file for the past two years to see if the female was
pregnant. Flintshire County Council would not be able to provide this
information. Given that in the last quarter Flintshire had 90+ cases in
temporary accommodation, this would involve reviewing over 800 case files
which would take approximately 120 hours.
Section 12 of the Act makes provision for public authorities to refuse
requests for information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed
the appropriate limit, which for Local Government is set at £450. This
represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours in
determining whether the Council holds the information, locating,
retrieving and extracting the information.
We have, however, provided figures for you in the attached spreadsheet, of
placements of pregnant women in B&B, but unfortunately this is not
reflective of the total presentations and placements in temporary
accommodation
Welsh Government provide a website with statistics relating to
homelessness and temporary accommodation, which you may find useful The
link to this website is: [1]https://statswales.gov.wales.
I hope this information is helpful to you but if you are dissatisfied with
any aspects of this response, please refer to the Council's FOI Complaints
Procedure below.
Yours sincerely
Yvonne Jones BA
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FOI Officer | Swyddog Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
Housing and Assets | Tai ac Asedau
Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir Y Fflint
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â [8]www.siryfflint.gov.uk/fy-nghyfrif am ragor o wybodaeth neu os hoffech
chi gofrestru.
If you are dissatisfied with the Council’s handling of your request for
information, you can ask for an internal review within 2 months of the
date of this response. Where your complaint is a complex one it may not be
possible to deal with it within the above timescales. In such a situation
a progress report will be sent within the above timescales.
Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Council’s
Information Governance Manager at:
Information Governance Team,
County Hall,
Mold,
CH7 6NA
Or by emailing [9][Flintshire County Council request email]
Please remember to quote your original request’s reference number.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:
Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.
However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a
complaint until it has been through our own internal review process.
Os ydych yn anfodlon â’r modd y mae’r Cyngor wedi ymdrin eich cais am
wybodaeth, gallwch ofyn am adolygiad mewnol o fewn 2 fis o dyddiad yr
ymateb hwn. Lle mae’ch cwyn yn un cymhleth efallai na fydd yn bosib delio
ag ef o fewn yr amserlen uchod. Mewn sefyllfa o’r fath, bydd adroddiad
cynnydd yn cael ei anfon o fewn yr amserlen.
Dylech anfon cais am adolygiad mewnol i’r Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth
y Cyngor:
Team Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth
Neuadd y Sir
Yr Wyddgrug
Sir Y Fflint
CH7 6NB
Neu drwy e-bostio [10][Flintshire County Council request email]
Cofiwch ddyfynnu rhif cyfeirnod eich cais gwreiddiol.
Mae gennych hawl hefyd i gwyno wrth y Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth. Gallwch
gysylltu â’r Comisiynydd Gwybodaeth yn y cyfeiriad canlynol:
Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.
Fodd bynnag, dylech nodi nad yw’r Comisiynydd fel arfer yn ymchwilio i
gŵyn nes ei fod wedi bod drwy ein proses adolygu fewnol.
Copyright clause:
The contents of this communication and any enclosed documents may be
subject to copyright protection. It has been sent to you for your
information and you may use it for any non-commercial research you may be
doing or undertaking. Its contents can also be used for the purposes of
news reporting. Any other re-use, for example, commercial publication or
publication on a website, requires the permission of this Council. If you
wish to re-use this information please contact us, letting us know how you
wish to re-use it and what the intended audience will be so that we can
consider your request. This information should be sent to: The
Information Governance Manager, Information Governance Team, Flintshire
County Council, County Hall, Mold, Flintshire CH7 6NB, or
[11][email address].
Gellir cynnwys y ddogfen gyfathrebu hon ac unrhyw ddogfennau amgaeêdig yn
amodol ar hawlfraint. Hyn anfonwyd atoch er gwybodaeth i chi a gallwch ei
ddefnyddio ar gyfer unrhyw ymchwil anfasnachol yr ydych yn ei wneud neu
ymgymryd â. Gellir hefyd defnyddio ei gynnwys at ddibenion adrodd
newyddion. Os oes angen i chi ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth mewn unrhyw fordd
arall, er enghraifft, cyhoeddi neu gyhoeddi masnachol ar wefan, mae angen
caniatâd gyn y Cyngor. Os hoffech ailddefnyddio’r wybodaeth, cysylltwch â
ni, gan roi gwybod i ni sut rydych chi yn bwriadu ei ailddefnyddio a beth
fydd y gynulleidfa a fwriadwyd fel y gallwn ystyriwch eich cais. Dylid
anfon y wybodaeth hon at: Rheolwr Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Tîm
Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth, Neuadd Y Sir, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Y Fflint, CH7 6NB,
neu drwy e-bostio [12][email address]
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We welcome correspondence in Welsh. We will respond to correspondence
received in Welsh without delay.
Opinions advice, conclusions and other information in this
message that do not relate to the official business of
Flintshire County Council shall be understood as neither
given nor endorsed by it or on its behalf, and consequently
Flintshire County Council shall bear no responsibility
whatsoever in respect thereof.
Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth Gymraeg. Ymatebwn yn ddi-oed i ohebiaeth a
dderbynnir drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.
Deellir na fydd unrhyw safbwyntiau, na chynghorion, na
chasgliadau nac unrhyw wybodaeth arall yn y neges hon,
nad ydynt yn berthnasol i waith swyddogol
Cyngor Sir y Fflint, yn cael eu cynnig na'u cadarnhau ganddo
nac ar ei ran, ac felly ni fydd Cyngor Sir y Fflint yn derbyn
unrhyw gyfrifoldeb am y rhannau hynny o'r neges.
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