FI14657

Request

  1. How many individuals were pregnant on the date they were placed in temporary accommodation between 1 January 2023 and 31st December 2023?
  2. Please provide a breakdown by ethnicity of the number of pregnant individuals identified in question one.
  3. How many children were 0-1 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation between 1 January 2023 and 31st December 2023?
  4. How many children were 1-2 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation between 1 January 2023 and 31st December 2023?
  5. Do you provide cots to households in temporary accommodation?
  6. If yes to question five, are cots for households in temporary accommodation funded from VCSFE, commissioned housing providers, or the local authority?
  7. Do you provide written or verbal safer sleep advice to families with children under the age of 2 moving into temporary accommodation?
  8. Do you currently have any local policy on the space that must be provided in temporary accommodation to a family with a child under 2 who will need space for a cot?
  9. If yes to question eight, please provide the relevant information.
  10. Do you currently have any local policy concerning the specific needs of families with neurodiverse children living in temporary accommodation?
  11. If yes to question ten, please provide the relevant information.

Response

  1. I can confirm that the Council may hold information falling within the description specified in your request, but the data is not held in a manner that can be reported on.  A check of each individual file would need to be undertaken to establish whether the person was pregnant, or the ages of the children at the time of placement. From our preliminary assessment, we have estimated that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the ‘appropriate limit’.   The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations and for Local Government it is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 2½ working days in determining whether the information is held, locating, retrieving and extracting the data. I regret therefore, that on this occasion I must refuse this part of your request in accordance with Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act.
  2. For the reasons stated above, we are unable to report on this information and therefore this question is refused under Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act.
  3. For the reasons stated above, we are unable to report on this information and therefore this question is refused under Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act.
  4. For the reasons stated above, we are unable to report on this information and therefore this question is refused under Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act.
  5. Yes, if required.
  6. A mixture of all three.
  7. No.
  8. No.
  9. Not applicable.
  10. No.
  11. Not applicable.