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

Louisa JAMES made this Freedom of Information request to Leicestershire County Council as part of a batch sent to 339 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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Louisa JAMES
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Dear Leicestershire County Council,

Please provide me with the answers to the following questions.

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: 

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? 

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.

Yours faithfully,

Louisa JAMES

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Dear Ms James,

We are writing to you in relation to your request received on 26/04/24.
Unfortunately, we are unable to proceed without further clarification of
the information you require.

To enable us to continue processing your request, please answer the
following:

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Please can you define what you mean by 'temporary, interim or
emergency' accommodation? Does this relate to children in care, asylum
seekers, homeless people etc?
Please note, the county council is not a housing authority, so with the
exception of children in care, housing functions are the responsibility of
the various district and borough councils in Leicestershire, who would be
better placed to provide an answer for those areas.
 

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Please note that if we do not receive appropriate clarification within a
month from the date of this email, then we will consider your request
closed. 

Kind regards,

FOI Team
Leicestershire County Council

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