Use of shipping containers or similar, or caravan parks for temporary, interim or emergency housing support

Good Afternoon Louisa,

Re: Freedom of Information Request MO41RGXSN.

I refer to your request to the council received on 26/04/2024 for the
following:

1 Does your Local Authority use converted Shipping containers, or similar
structures, as 'Temporary', 'Interim' or 'Emergency' 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?

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.

We will respond to your request in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, within 20 working days, from the day after your
request was received. We will therefore aim to respond to your request by
24/05/2024.

For reference, Leeds City Council publish a wealth of information which
you can access at: Welcome to LEEDS.GOV.UK - Leeds City Council  and Data
Mill North – Open Data for the North of England.

If your request for information is considered and deemed as a 'business as
usual' request, it will be responded to by the appropriate Service within
the Council.

If you have questions about this request, please contact us at
[Leeds City Council request email].

Yours Sincerely,

Callum Mounteney

Information Management and Governance.

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Dear Louisa James,

Re: Freedom of Information Request MO41RGXSN. 

I refer to your correspondence to the council and your request for the
following:

1: Does your Local Authority use converted Shipping containers, or similar
structures, as 'Temporary', 'Interim' or 'Emergency' accommodation?

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

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

2ii: Please provide the same figures for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022,
if available.

3 How many:

3i: individuals are currently being supported in this type of temporary
accommodation

3ii: 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?

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

8i: How many sites are currently being used?

8ii: How many individual units is this?

9: How many:

9i: Individuals are currently being supported in this way?

9ii: 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.

I can confirm that Leeds City Council have not used either shipping
containers (or similar) or caravan parks for temporary accommodation
between 2018 and the 12 months from April 2023.

I trust that this response is satisfactory. If however you are
dissatisfied with this response you have a right to appeal to an
independent officer within the council. They will re-examine your request
and assess whether we have adhered to the requirements of the act. Should
you wish to follow this course of action please address your concerns in
writing to the above address.

You also have a right under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act
to ask the Information Commissioner to decide whether we have met with our
obligations under the act.  The Commissioner has however made it clear
that they expect all applicants to exhaust internal appeals procedures
prior to making such an application. Should you wish to contact the
Commissioner’s office then you can contact the Commissioner via their
website at [1]www.ico.org.uk

I trust that this is self-explanatory.  If you have any queries please
contact me on 0113 3784251, or by return email to [Leeds City Council request email].

Yours sincerely

Anthony Seaward 

Information Governance Officer

Leeds City Council

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