FI15342

Request

This FOI is similar to one filed earlier this year, but refers to a different time period. If any part of the data cannot be provided, please provide the rest and clearly mark which is not available and explain why.  

Please provide all of the data for two (2) time periods: end of September 2024; and end of September 2023 

1a. Number of households with children aged under 5 in temporary accommodation

1b. Number of households with children (under 5) in temporary accommodation for more than 6 weeks

1c. Number of households with children (under 5) in temporary accommodation for more than 6 months

1d. Total number of children aged under 5 in temporary accommodation (not number of households) 

2a. Number of households with children aged under 5 in b&b temporary accommodation

2b. Number of households with children (under 5) in b&b temporary accommodation for more than 6 weeks

2c. Number of households with children (under 5) in b&b temporary accommodation for more than 6 months

2d. Total number of children aged under 5 in b&b temporary accommodation (not number of households) 

3a. Number of households with children aged under 12 in temporary accommodation (This will include the numbers from part 1, don't worry I will make sure nothing is double-counted)

3b. Number of households with children (under 12) in temporary accommodation for more than 6 weeks

3c. Number of households with children (under 12) in temporary accommodation for more than 6 months

3d. Total number of children aged under 12 in temporary accommodation (not number of households) 

4a. Number of households with children aged under 12 in b&b temporary accommodation

4b. Number of households with children (under 12) in b&b temporary accommodation for more than 6 weeks

4c. Number of households with children (under 12) in b&b temporary accommodation for more than 6 months

4d. Total number of children aged under 12 in b&b temporary accommodation (not number of households)

Response

I can confirm that the Council holds information falling within the description specified in your request, however it is not readily available and from our preliminary assessment, we have estimated that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the ‘appropriate limit’.  A manual check of each case would need to be undertaken and then calculations made to determine the ages of children at the requested dates.   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 your request in accordance with Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act. 

However, the Council is able to provide information for questions 1 and 2 for the dates requested, based on households with children of any age and the total number of children of any age and this is set out below.

1. This information is the total number of children of any age in temporary accommodation at the dates given: 

30/9/23	30/9/24
148	171
143	169
116	119
294	341

2. This information is the total number of children of any age in B&B temporary accommodation at the dates given: 

30/9/23	30/9/24
4	0
0	0
0	0
4	0

3. The Council is unable to provide this information for the reasons set out above (Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000).

4. The Council is unable to provide this information for the reasons set out above (Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000).