Temporary Accommodation Providers
Case reference FOI2024/00244
Published 14 March 2024
Request
This is a request for information according to the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please note there are three parts of my request, which relate to temporary accommodation. 1. Between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023, has your council used caravans and/or holiday parks to provide temporary accommodation to people presenting as homeless. Please provide a Yes/No answer. By presenting as homeless, I mean people who have presented to the council as homeless, and who the council has a duty to house, and therefore provided temporary accommodation before finding more secure housing. 1a. If yes, please can you also provide: The name of the caravan/holiday park accommodation provider The amount paid by the council to the caravan/holiday park accommodation provider per financial year The number of people housed in caravans/holiday park accommodation 2. Between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023, has your council used hotels to provide temporary accommodation to people presenting as homeless. Please provide a Yes/No answer. 2a. If yes, please can you also provide: The name of the hotel accommodation provider The amount paid by the council to the accommodation provider per financial year The number of people in hotel accommodation 3. Between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023, has your council provided tents to provide temporary accommodation to people presenting as homeless. Please provide a Yes/No answer. 3a. If yes, please can you also provide: The total costs spent on tents per financial year The number of people to have received tents If your council is not responsible for providing temporary accommodation to people presenting as homeless, please delete this request.
Response
1.
Between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023, has your council used caravans and/or holiday parks to provide temporary accommodation to people presenting as homeless. Please provide a Yes/No answer. By presenting as homeless, I mean people who have presented to the council as homeless, and who the council has a duty to house, and therefore provided temporary accommodation before finding more secure housing.
No. We don't use caravans and/or holiday parks to provide temporary accommodation.
1a.
If yes, please can you also provide:
The name of the caravan/holiday park accommodation provider
The amount paid by the council to the caravan/holiday park accommodation provider per financial year
The number of people housed in caravans/holiday park accommodation
2.
Between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023, has your council used hotels to provide temporary accommodation to people presenting as homeless. Please provide a Yes/No answer.
Yes.
2a.
If yes, please can you also provide:
The name of the hotel accommodation provider
The amount paid by the council to the accommodation provider per financial year
The number of people in hotel accommodation
2021/22
Galaxie Hotel £6,195
Holiday Inns £251
Premier Inn £945
The Ridings £19,965
Travelodge £64,575
Whitehouse View Guesthouse £41,233
£133,164
2022/23
BW Linton Lodge Hotel £779
Easyhotel £2,077
Gar Hotel Res £917
Holiday Inns £703
Hotel at Booking.com £714
Jurys Inn Oxford Hotel £110
Mount Pleasant Hotel £596
Oxford Guest House Ltd £1,563
Premier Inn £1,690
Sumup Away Space Ltd £945
Travelodge £140,111
Welcome Break Ramada O £4,713
Whitehouse View Guesthouse £22,809
£177,727
2021/22 - 112
2022/23 - 149
Apr-Dec 2023 - 304
3.
Between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023, has your council provided tents to provide temporary accommodation to people presenting as homeless. Please provide a Yes/No answer.
No. We don't use tents to provide temporary accommodation.
3a.
If yes, please can you also provide:
The total costs spent on tents per financial year
The number of people to have received tents
Documents
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