Out-of-borough temporary accommodation
Case reference FOI2025/01113
Received 15 September 2025
Published 21 May 2026
Request
I am requesting some information under the Freedom of Information Act, pertaining to homeless households in out-of-borough temporary accommodation. Please provide this data for three (3) periods of time: Jan 2023-Dec 2023; Jan 2024-Dec 2024; and Jan 2025-June 2025. 1. The number of homeless households placed by your council in out-of-borough temporary accommodation during the time period, and of these the number of households with children - broken down by borough/district placed in 2. The number of households that your council received Section 208 notices from other councils during that time period, and of these the number of households with children - broken down by borough/district received from. Here is an example table, for how I would prefer the data to be provided, but other formats are acceptable. Jan 2025-June 2025 Jan 2025-June 2025 Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 Households placed out of borough Total households Households with children (under 18) Total households Households with children (under 18) Total households Households with children (under 18) Total new out of borough placements made during time period Total out of borough placements in [X council] Total out of borough placements in [X council] Jan 2025-June 2025 Jan 2025-June 2025 Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 Section 208 notices received Total households Households with children (under 18) Total households Households with children (under 18) Total households Households with children (under 18) Total Section 208 notices received during time period Section 208 notices received from [X council] Section 208 notices received from [X council]
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