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24/May/2024 14:32:53:

 

 

 

Request:

 

 

 

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

Please can you provide the following information relating to the Council’s
provision of temporary accommodation:

1. The total spend on temporary accommodation by private sector supplier
in the 2023/24 financial year (01/04/2023 to 31/03/2024), categorised as
follows:
- Private sector accommodation leased by the local authority.
- Nightly paid, privately managed accommodation, self-contained.
- Bed and breakfast hotels (including shared annexes). I.e., not
self-contained.
Note: If it is too time consuming and costly to break down the spend into
these three categories, then please just provide the total for each
private sector supplier. To be clear, I am asking for both the name of the
supplier and the total spend. Ideally, the suppliers would be arranged
according to which of the three categories of accommodation they provide.

2. Please can you provide the total number of current temporary
accommodation placements in other local authority districts, broken down
according to the name of the local authority district the placements have
been made in.

Please provide the information in one excel spreadsheet (it may contain
more than one tab if necessary). Please supply the information relating to
part 1 of the request in two columns, one with the provider’s business
name and one with the total spend over the period. Please supply the
information relating to part 2 in two columns, one with the name of the
relevant authority and one with the total temporary accommodation
placements in that authority’s district.

 

 

 

Decision:

 

 

 

1. The total spend on temporary accommodation by private sector supplier
in the 2023/24 financial year (01/04/2023 to 31/03/2024), categorised as
follows:
total spend: £550,625

- Private sector accommodation leased by the local authority. 0 - we do
not lease properties
- Nightly paid, privately managed accommodation, self-contained.

:£89,669

- Bed and breakfast hotels (including shared annexes). I.e., not
self-contained.

£410,956

Please note that it is not possible to break down into individual
suppliers as this would take s over 18hrs to do. This is due to the
different methods of payment, when this is a Pcard payment, the supplier
is not shown, therefore an office would have to go through every payment
in order to identify the individual suppliers.

2. Please can you provide the total number of current temporary
accommodation placements in other local authority districts, broken down
according to the name of the local authority district the placements have
been made in.

1 Family – West Northampton Council

 

 

 

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