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Dear Louisa,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI-2425-085

Your request for information has now been considered and the information
requested is below (in blue).

1: Does your local authority use converted shipping containers, or similar
structures, as 'temporary', 'interim' or 'emergency' accommodation? No

     Please answer questions 2 to 5 if your authority does use shipping
containers or similar structures as temporary accommodation:

2: (i) How many were in use in the past 12 months from April 2023?

     (ii) Please provide the same figures for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and
2022, if available.

3 How many (i) individuals and (ii) families with children are currently
being supported in this type of temporary accommodation?

4: What is your policy for the maximum length of time that anyone being
assisted by your authority should be kept in this type of accommodation?

5: What is the longest amount of time an (i) individual or (ii) a family
has been housed in this type of accommodation?

6: Please outline how many people being supported by your authority in
this manner are care leavers, if that information is available.

7: Does your local authority make use of caravan parks, either private or
council owned, to house individuals or families, as a form of temporary
housing?  Only in an emergency.

      If question 7 is applicable to your authority, please answer the
questions 8 to 10.

8: (i) How many sites are currently being used?  0

    (ii) How many individual units is this? 0

9: How many (i) individuals or (ii) family groups are currently being
supported in this way? 0

10: Please outline how many people being supported by your authority in
this manner are care leavers, if that information is available. 0

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Dear Louisa,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI-2425-085

Your request for information has now been considered and the information
requested is below (in blue).

- The overall number of people staying in temporary accommodation due to
domestic abuse in 2023. – over the course of 2023 we had 57 different
households in TA that lost their accommodation due to DA.
- The number of women, men and children staying in temporary accommodation
due to domestic abuse in 2023. 49 female adults, 9 male adults, 55
children were all accommodated during 2023.
- The average length of stay in temporary accommodation overall and for
women, men and children, during 2023. The average stay over 57 households
was 87 days.
- The longest stay in temporary accommodation due to domestic abuse during
2023. One household had been in accommodation for 518 days when they left
on 29.11.23.

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Wendy Halsey

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Legal & Governance
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
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