Dear Ms James,

 

FOI request: FOI-1819

 

Thank you for your request dated 29/04/2024

 

Your request will be answered by 27/05/2024

 

If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

 

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

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Dear Ms James,

 

FOI request: FOI-1819

 

Thank you for your request dated 29/04/2024

 

Our response is as follows:

 

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?

No

 

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

 

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

(ii) How many individual units is this?

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

If you have any queries about this correspondence, please contact me,
quoting the reference number above.

 

If you are not satisfied with our response to your request, you can ask
for an Internal Review.  Internal review requests must be submitted within
two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original
request.  If you wish to do this, please contact us in writing, setting
out why you are dissatisfied.

 

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. 
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Internal Review procedure provided by the Council. You can contact the ICO
by emailing [1][email address], or by post at Customer Contact,
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

 

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

8 [2]www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk

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From: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 8:59 AM
To: 'Louisa JAMES' <[FOI #1124287 email]>
Cc: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
Subject: FOI-1819: Freedom of Information request - Use of shipping
containers or similar, or caravan parks for temporary, interim or
emergency housing support

 

Dear Ms James,

 

FOI request: FOI-1819

 

Thank you for your request dated 29/04/2024

 

Your request will be answered by 27/05/2024

 

If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

 

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

8 [3]www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk

 

ü Please consider the environment before printing this email

 

 

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