ECC20674806 07 26 - Housing allocations

Please provide the following information for the period 1 January 2020 to the date this request is processed.

Housing allocations

Question 1 - The number of Council-owned properties allocated to:

·       Asylum seekers;

·       Individuals granted refugee status;

·       Individuals granted humanitarian protection.

Please provide annual figures.

Question 2 - The number of housing association properties allocated through the Council to:

·       asylum seekers;

·       refugees;

·       individuals granted humanitarian protection.

Question 3 - The number of households placed into temporary accommodation where the applicant was:

·       an asylum seeker;

·       a refugee;

·       a person with no recourse to public funds (where recorded);

·       a foreign national (where nationality or immigration status is recorded).

Homelessness

Question 4 - Please provide the number of homelessness applications where the lead applicant was recorded as:

·       a British citizen;

·       a non-British citizen;

·       an asylum seeker;

·       a refugee.

Housing register

Question 5 - As of the date this request is processed, please provide:

·       the total number of households on the housing waiting list.

·       the number recorded as asylum seekers.

·       the number recorded as refugees.

·       the number recorded as foreign nationals, where this information is held.

Immigration status recording

Question 6 - Does the council record an applicant's:

·       nationality?

·       country of birth?

·       immigration status?

·       refugee status?

·       asylum status?

For each category, please answer yes or no.

Funding

Question 7 - Please provide the total amount of funding received from central government relating to:

·       asylum accommodation;

·       refugee resettlement schemes;

·       Afghan resettlement schemes;

·       Ukrainian sponsorship or resettlement schemes;

·       any other immigration-related housing schemes.

Please provide annual totals.

Information not held

If any requested information is not held, please clearly identify which information is not held rather than issuing a blanket refusal.

If any part of this request exceeds the appropriate cost limit under section 12 of the freedom of information act, please provide all information that can be supplied within the statutory limit and advise how the remaining request may be refined.

Please provide the information electronically in Excel or CSV format where possible.