Temporary Accommodation/ Housing FOI request - 8.7.22

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Dear Fenland District Council,

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Q1. Of the households living with children in temporary accommodation at the end of December 2021 (the last quarterly data publicly available), how many were placed in accommodation outside of your local authority area?

Q2. Of the households living with children in temporary accommodation in each of the following financial years, how many were placed in accommodation outside of your local authority area?
a. 2017/2018
b. 2018/2019
c. 2019/2020
d. 2020/2021
e. 2021/2022

Q3. For the households with children who left a placement in B&B/ hotel accommodation during each of the following financial years, what was the average time spent in B&B/hotel accommodation?
a. 2017/2018
b. 2018/2019
c. 2019/2020
d. 2020/2021
e. 2021/2022

Yours faithfully,

Sally Wardle

foi, Fenland District Council

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Dear Sally,

 

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Good afternoon

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 08/07/22.
Your request has been considered under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

 

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