Temporary accomodation spend - 2019/20 & 2020/21
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
Please can you provide to me:
1. A summary of spend by your authority on temporary accommodation for 2019/20 and 2020/21, itemised by supplier and with overall totals for both years. Please also include totals by type of spend (ie overnight accomodation, private agencies etc).
2. How much of the spend related to Covid-19, and for which suppliers.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Rymer
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Croydon Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Temporary accomodation spend - 2019/20 & 2020/21'.
This request is now overdue.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Rymer
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Croydon Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Temporary accomodation spend - 2019/20 & 2020/21'.
The supplied data is not itemised by supplier, as per the original request.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Rymer
Dear Mr Rymer
Prior to logging your request for a review of our response to your Freedom
of Information request we asked the service to look at this again and they
have provided the attached spreadsheet which includes a breakdown of spend
by supplier for both EA Nightly paid (Emergency Accommodation) and TA
Monthly paid (Temporary Accommodation) for the years requested.
If this still does not fully respond to your request and you wish to
proceed with the review please let us know.
Kind regards
Information Team
Croydon Council
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Dear Croydon Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information
reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Croydon Borough Council's
handling of my FOI request 'Temporary accomodation spend - 2019/20 &
2020/21'.
The supplied data is not itemised by supplier, as per the original
request.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Rymer
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Internal Review Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Our reference: Internal Review 3868481
Dear Ben Rymer,
Further to our email to you dated 22 October 2021 acknowledging your
request for an Internal Review, I have now concluded this review and I am
able to reply as follows.
In your request for an Internal Review, you asked the Council to
reconsider your request as you had not been provided with the information
originally requested.
In your request for information dated 25 August 2021 you requested the
following information:
1. A summary of spend by your authority on temporary accommodation for
2019/20 and 2020/21, Itemised by supplier and with overall totals for both
years. Please also include totals by type of spend (ie overnight
accomodation, private agencies etc).
2. How much of the spend related to Covid-19, and for which suppliers.
The Council responded to you on 6 October 2021 and provided the following
responses to your requests:
Request No 1:
2020-21 * 2019-20 *
£ £
Nightly Paid
Emergency 12,338,379 11,916,684
Accommodation
**
Monthly Paid
Temporary 24,940,858 22,428,171
Accommodation
***
Gross
Expenditure -
Accommodation 37,279,237 34,344,855
Nightly Paid
Emergency 4,044,727 3,377,364
Accommodation
**
Monthly Paid
Temporary 5,637,134 4,939,137
Accommodation
***
Net
Expenditure
(Accommodation
less Rental
Income) 9,681,861 8,316,501
* please note our financial year is from 1st April to 31st March
**Emergency Accommodation total is nightly paid accommodation supplied by
approved providers for a mix of bed and breakfast and self contained
accommodation
*** Temporary Accommodation total is monthly paid accommodation supplied
by approved providers and land lords
Request No 2:
‘Theori Housing Management - £628,320 April 20 to April’
In your request for an Internal Review dated 16 October 2021 you stated
the following:
‘The supplied data is not itemised by supplier, as per the original
request.’
On receiving your request for an Internal Review and just prior to
commencing the Review, we contacted the service for clarification on the
information provided to you in the Council’s letter of 6 October 2021.
On 22 October 2021 you were provided with some additional information (an
excel spreadsheet) and an explanation that the information in the
spreadsheet was ‘…a breakdown of spend by supplier for both EA Nightly
paid (Emergency Accommodation) and TA Monthly paid (Temporary
Accommodation) for the years requested’.
In carrying out this review I also contacted the service. I can confirm
that the additional information provided with the 22 October 2021 letter
represents all the information the Council holds and in response to the
comment in your Review request that The supplied data is not itemised by
supplier, as per the original request. The Council was of the opinion that
the information it provided on 6 October comprised all the information you
had requested. Kindly excuse any inconvenience that may have been caused.
I have now closed our file.
If you are not happy with the outcome of this 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
Kind regards,
Olawale Adebambo
Interim Corporate Solicitor
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