Freedom of information response
Homeless Presentations
I would like to request the following information regarding homeless presentations to the local authority under the Freedom of Information Act.
1. How many refugee/asylum seeker households presented to the local authority as homeless in October, November and December 2023 providing the reason for homelessness as “Required to leave accommodation provided by Home Office as asylum support”.
Of these how many were owed:
a) Relief duty
b) Prevention duty
Please provide data broken down by month and supply data up to the latest month that you have available.
I would like to request the following information regarding homeless presentations to the local authority under the Freedom of Information Act.
1. How many refugee/asylum seeker households presented to the local authority as homeless in October, November and December 2023 providing the reason for homelessness as “Required to leave accommodation provided by Home Office as asylum support”.
October – 8
November – 5
December – Fewer than 5
Of these how many were owed:
- Relief duty –
October – 6
November – 5
December - Fewer than 5
- Prevention duty
October – Fewer than 5
November – 0
December - 0
We are unable to provide an exact number for question 1 above as:
- There is a low number involved.
- The release of this information could identify individuals which would constitute their personal data under the Data Protection Act
- There is no prior expectation on the part of these individuals that their personal information would be published in the wider public domain under the FOI Act
- Personal data of any other person is exempt under section 40 (2) of the Data Protection Act.
However, in the interests of transparency we are able to provide this information to you categorised as fewer than 5 to give you an indication of the figures