Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

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Dear Jack Dempsey

Freedom of information request - FOI/10761

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Reqeuest of S208 placements into
Slough Borough

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Information Management Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

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Bernard Weatherill House

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Croydon CR0 1EA

Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[email address]

Dear Jack Dempsey

Request FOI/10761

Freedom of Information Request

Your request has been considered under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act. Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding
to you. Specifically, you have requested the following information:
 
I would like to request details on details on housing/TA placements made
into the Borough of Slough. S208 of the Housing Act 1996 sets out that ‘so
far as reasonably practicable a local housing authority shall in
discharging their housing functions under this Part secure that
accommodation is available for the occupation of the applicant in their
district."

Where accommodation is secured outside of their district, the placing
council needs to give notice to the local authority where the
accommodation is located. We are aware of a large number of placements in
Slough, as we are contacted by colleagues in Education and Social Care
departments regarding such placements, yet the number of S208s received is
relatively low. In accordance with S208, we would like to request the
complete number of current placements that you have in the Slough area,

• the name of the applicant,
• the number and description of other persons who normally reside with him
as a member of his family or might reasonably be expected to reside with
him,
• the address of the accommodation,
• the date on which the accommodation was made available to the household,
and
• which function under this Part the authority was discharging in securing
that the accommodation is available for his occupation, e.g., S188, S193,
etc.,
We have not had any placements in Slough, therefore we hold no information
to answer your request.

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

[1]The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act | Croydon Council
(disclosure-log.co.uk)

If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act you may ask for an internal review. 
This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response. 
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

Email:        [email address]

Writing:     Information Team
London Borough of Croydon
Bernard Weatherill House
3^rd Floor - Zone E
8 Mint Walk
Croydon CR0 1EA
Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire   SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely 

Croydon Council

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