Dear Jo Staines,

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Reference No: 25735097

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Kind regards

FOI Team
Information Security & Governance
Chief Executive’s Directorate
Lewisham Council

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Dear Jo Staines,

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Reference No: 25735097

Thank you for your request for information held by London Borough of Lewisham. Please find below, a copy of your request and our response.

Q1) how many households owed the main housing duty (under s.193(2) Housing Act 1996) are currently living in temporary accommodation?

Q2) for how many of the households in answer to question 1 does the council lease the temporary accommodation on a nightly (short periodic) basis?

Q3) for how many of the households in answer to question 1 does the council lease the temporary accommodation on a fixed term basis (with an original fixed term of more than 12 months)?

Please see our response below with explanatory notes:

1. 2078
2. 1039
3. 671

Notes:
- 364 did not have a type in the aggregate data. This information will be recorded against the notes for individual tenants but is not currently available for aggregate reporting. We are in the process of cleaning up historical data on TA tenancies to improve this situation.
- As we do not have contractual information in aggregate, answers for 2. and 3. are based on broad tenancy type, e.g. whether it is a B&B, private managed tenancy, etc.

We hope you will find this information helpful.

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Yours sincerely

FOI Team
Information Security and Governance Team
Chief Executive’s Directorate
Lewisham Council

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