FOI Request - Emergency and Temporary Accommodation

Request 101003337674

Please find below a freedom of information request related to emergency and temporary accommodation and Housing First in your local area.  

For each of the following questions, please, where possible, provide answers for each of the following financial years:

- 2022/2023
- 2021/2022
- 2020/2021
- 2019/2020

If answering all questions would take over the amount of time available to respond to FOIs please prioritise Q1,2 and 5.

Deaths

Q1. How many people have died while in the following types of emergency and temporary accommodation?

- Hotel
- B&B
- Furnished Flats
- Hostels
- Supported Living (not including hostels)
- Other

Q2. Of those people who have died while in emergency and temporary accommodation, how many deaths were related to drug use?

- Hotel
- B&B
- Furnished Flats
- Hostels
- Supported Living (not including hostels)
- Other

Addictions and Mental Health Support

Q3. What proportion of people in temporary accommodation have been provided with addiction or mental health support in your local authority area?

Q4. What proportion of people in Housing First have been provided with addiction or mental health support in your local authority area?

Length of Stay

Q5. What is the average length of stay in temporary accommodation, in your local authority area?

Response 05-07-2023

1. No information held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

 However, the NRS website could be suggested as an alternative data source: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths/homeless-deaths

2. No information held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held

3. No information held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held. 

.In relation to Temporary Accommodation we work jointly with addiction and mental health Services and do not require all such sensitive date to be provided when allocating houses.

4. Proportion of HF cases linked with MH/addictions services is 100%

5.

2022/2023 – 103 days
2021/2022 – 132 days
2020/2021 – 152 days
2019/2020 – 138 days