FOI Request - Asylum Seekers in Hotels

Request 101003229633 

Please provide me the number of asylum seekers in hotels in Moray and which hotels are being used by Moray Council.

I would like to know:
1) The number of asylum seekers currently being housed in hotels by Moray Council.
2) The number of asylum applications received by Moray Council from January 1, 2018, until the date of this inquiry (January 30, 2023). *
3) The number of housing applications granted to asylum seekers by Moray Council from January 1, 2018, until the date of this inquiry. *
4) If possible, a list of hotels Moray Council is using to house refugees.
5) The top 10 longest lengths of stays for asylum seekers in hotels between January 1, 2018, until the date of this inquiry (including the date they arrived in the hotel and the date they left the hotel).
6) How much it has cost Moray Council to house asylum seekers in hotels from January 1, 2018, until the date of this inquiry.*

*If possible, I would like this information provided on an excel spreadsheet, broken down by year.

Response 24-02-2023

1) - 6) This information is previously published at http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_145415.html therefore it is exempt under Section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002- Information Otherwise Accessible; and we currently have NO Asylum seekers in moray, in hotels or under the dispersal model. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.