Housing families and children
Case reference FOI2019/01211
Published 4 December 2019
Request
1. Please provide the total number of households to whom the local authority accepted a duty to accommodate under sections 188, 190, 193 or 200 of the Housing Act 1996 in the period(s): 2014/15 - 2015/16 - 2016/17 - 2017/18 - 2018/19 (to date) -
And of those: 1. Which local authority areas were the recipients of the individuals/families? : 2. How many these included families with children? : 3. Where any of the people housed out of area subject to any checks on criminal background? :
2. Please provide a copy of your authority's policy or policies in respect of the relocation of homeless households with temporary accommodation both inside and outside of the borough.
3. Please provide a copy of your authority's policy on the procurement of temporary accommodation in respect of your homelessness duties.
4. Please provide details, including name, address and contact details, of any organisation that you use in either the actual relocation, or assistance in the relocation of, homeless households outside of borough.
Response
1. Available for all local authorities in respect of s.193 on www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness.
In respect of other duties: 2014/15 - 50, of which 28 including children;
2015/16- 33/21;
2016/17- 31/19;
2017/18- 48/21;
2018/19- 65/12.
Besides Guildford, households were accommodated in Slough, Rushmoor, Woking and (rarely) Croydon/ Hounslow. Routine criminal checks are not and cannot be undertaken. However, where customers disclose previous convictions/ prison history/ probation involvement, or the Council has reasonable grounds for believing this, risk assessments are obtained where possible - particularly when individuals are subject to MAPPA.
For Questions 2 + 3 - see attached document
4. None.
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