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Dear sir or madam,

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.

I would like to confirm in advance that I am making this request on my own behalf, for my own use, and not for any organisation or other person.

Please can I also remind you of the duty under section 16 to provide reasonable advice and assistance to find the information available based on the above request.

Thank you – I look forward to your response within the standard 20 working days.
Stephen Hurford

Legal Services, North Devon Council

Dear Stephen Hurford

Thank you for your request received yesterday afternoon, for which I acknowledge receipt.

This is now being dealt with and will be processed and responded to no later than 23 May, in accordance with the statutory time limit of 20 working days.

I will write to you in advance should the processing of your request require a fee, or if we should require further any information/clarification from you.

Yours sincerely

Vicky Eagle
Freedom of Information Officer and Paralegal
Legal Services
North Devon Council
[North Devon Council request email]

Document: {9857 FOI}/{00253565}

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Legal Services, North Devon Council

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Dear Stephen Hurford

I write in response to your request received 24 April.

Section 1(1)(a) of the Act requires the Council to inform you whether it holds information of the description specified in your request. The Council confirms that it does hold this information. In discharge of its obligation under section 1(1)(b) the Council provides the attached document in response.

You will note that some of the information has been redacted. The Council considers that this redacted information to be exempt under Section 40 of the Act as the information constitutes personal data and those individual(s) would have no reasonable expectation for the Council to make their personal information publicly available. Section 40(2) provides that personal data is exempt information if one of the conditions set out in section 40(3A), (3B) or (4A) is satisfied.

In this case Section 40(3A)(A) is met because disclosure of this information would breach the fair processing principle contained in the General Data Protection Regulation. This is an absolute exemption and there is therefore no requirement to consider the public interest.

If you are dissatisfied with the Council's handling of your request, you have the right to request an internal review which should be received within two months from the date of the response letter and should be addressed and sent to;

Senior Solicitor and Monitoring Officer
Legal Services, North Devon Council
PO Box 379, Barnstaple, EX32 2GR
[North Devon Council request email]

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision:

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

Tel: 01625 545 745
Fax: 01625 524 510
Email: [email address]

Yours sincerely

Vicky Eagle
Freedom of Information Officer and Paralegal
Legal Services
North Devon Council
[North Devon Council request email]

Document: {9857 FOI}/{00255387}

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