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

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[email address]

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Dear R Trevon

Freedom of information request - FOI/11627

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Temporary Accommodation -
Nightly Rates

Your request is being considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days, subject to the application of
any exemptions. Where consideration is being given to exemptions the 20
working day timescale may be extended to a period considered reasonable
depending on the nature and circumstances of your request. In such cases
you will be notified and, where possible, a revised time-scale will be
indicated. In all cases we shall attempt to deal with your request at the
earliest opportunity.

If we are unable to provide you with the information requested we will
notify you of this together with the reason(s) why, and details of how you
may appeal.

Please note that the directorate team may contact you for further
information where we believe that the request is not significantly clear
for us to respond fully. 

Kind Regard

Information Management Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

7th Floor, Zone B

Bernard Weatherill House

8 Mint Walk

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 R Trevon

Request FOI/11627

Further to your request received on 28/01/2025, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. For ease of reference, I will now address each of your questions in
turn.
 

1) How many properties do you currently have on Temporary Accommodation?

3600

2) Please can you advise us on the maximum that is paid per night for a
Studio, 1 Bed, 2 Bed, 3 Bed & 4 Bed.

Rates are regularly reviewed and are subject to change at any time. The
current rates are:

Studio - £30-40
1 bed - £50 -65
2 bed - £70 – 80
3 bed - £75 -90
4 bed - £95-115

3) Please provide us with a link to the council spending documents where
you record how much you pay to suppliers for each month of the year 2024.
Also, please advise on how we can filter the documents so that we can
easily identify suppliers of accommodation.

The Council considers the breakdown of cost information requested to be
commercially sensitive information and covered by the exemption provided
in Section 43 of Freedom of Information Act.  This exemption applies to
information which if disclosed would, or would be likely to, prejudice the
commercial interests of any person, including the Council.

It is important to remember that when information is released under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000, it is considered released to the wider
public. In deciding whether to apply this exemption the Council is
expected to balance the public interest test in withholding the
information against the public interest in disclosing the information.

Although there is always a clear case for transparency of council spend
and in informing the public how the council allocates taxpayer’s
resources, the information is considered, by the Council, to be
commercially sensitive as its disclosure would, or would be likely to,
prejudice the commercial interests of the Council, as it is considered
that if the information is disclosed to you it could potentially weaken
the Council ability to obtain value for money in respect of any future
purchases of this type.

However, we can confirm that the the net spend on TA cost was £48M for
23/24.

4) Who are your largest 20 suppliers and how much do you pay them on
average every month and provide the last 3 months they have invoiced you
for?

Caridon
Cromwood
Smartspace
London Hotel Group
Abled Living
County Rents
Gani Properties
Homes- to -let Ltd
Aurora Assets
Denhan International
After5Services
J&M Oasis
Hyde & Rowe
Countrywide group
HomeSolve Ltd
Sunshine Estates
FC Capital Ltd
ADKHousing
CountyRents Ltd
ZFA Group

In terms of cost breakdowns, we are unable to provide financial
information due to the commercial sensitivity as outlined above.

5) If we were to supply accommodation on this basis, please can you give
us the names and direct contact numbers of the relevant people within the
procurement team to have an initial meeting with, in the event that we
have a suitable property that meets your needs.

[1][email address] – Faisal Mir (Procurement Manager)

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:

[2]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:        [3][email address]

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon

Bernard Weatherill House

Floor 3 - 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,

Information Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

Bernard Wetherill House,

Mint Walk,

Croydon,

CR0 1EA

[4][email address]

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Good afternoon, 

Please find a PDF version of the final response.

Faisal Mir is the contact for providing accomodation to the council and
his contact e-mail is in the enclosed attachment.

Kind regards,
Information Team.
 

Dear [Croydon Borough Council request email],

Please resend your response as a downloadable PDF attachement, ensuring
to include the email of the relevant individual to contact regarding
supplying accommodation to the council.

Yours sincerely,

R Trevon

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