FOI Request - Homeless Deaths 2022

Request 101003207735

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.

1. Please can I request the number of deaths from 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022 (inclusive) in each of the following housing situations in your local authority area:
a) accommodation for homeless people commissioned by your council, including hostels and supported accommodation for people identified as rough sleeping or with a history of rough sleeping
b) exempt accommodation
c) temporary accommodation commissioned by your local authority
d) supported accommodation for homeless young people commissioned by your council
e) rough sleeping or with no fixed abode

Where you have access to any of the following information, please include the cause of death or suspected cause of death, date of death, the person’s gender, the person’s age when they died, their ethnicity, and their immigration status.  If you cannot provide any of this additional information, then please just provide the number of deaths.

Please provide the information in a table (for example, in Excel) laid out as follows:
Type of accommodation      Date of death      Suspected cause of death      Age      Gender      Ethnicity      Immigration status
 

Response 31-01-2023

1a) Nil. Information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

b) Nil. Not held. Exempt under s17.

c) One

d) Nil. Not held. Exempt under s17.

e) Nil. Not held. Exempt under s17.