FOI Request - Homelessness Costs
Request 101003611617
Please advise:
1. Your total spending on temporary accommodation for homeless households in the financial year 2022/23. Please advise how much of this spending was funded by central Government (for instance via the Homelessness Prevention Grant) and what, if any, was the net cost to you (to be funded by the Council Tax.)
2. Your total spending on temporary accommodation for homeless households in the financial year 2023/24. Please advise how much of this spending was funded by central Government (for instance via the Homelessness Prevention Grant) and what, if any, was the net cost to you (to be funded by the Council Tax.)
3. Your total spending on hotels as temporary accommodation for homeless households in the financial year 2022/23.
4. Your total spending on hotels as temporary accommodation for homeless households in the financial year 2023/24.
Response 14-08-2024
1.
| Gross Expenditure | £1,212,765 |
| Net Rental Income and Service charges | -£512,032 |
| Balance | £700,733 |
There was no ring fenced funding for Homelessness in 2022/23 and therefore the net cost was part of the council's net expenditure funded from General Revenue Grant funding and Council Tax. It is not possible to determine the split between them.
2.
| Gross Expenditure | £1,356,835 |
| Net Rental Income and Service charges | -£961,709 |
| Home Office Specific Grant Funding - Flexible Housing Fund | -£100,539 |
| Balance | £294,587 |
The net cost was part of the council's net expenditure funded from General Revenue Grant funding and Council Tax. It is not possible to determine the split between them.
3. Hotels / B&B cost £45,562
4. Hotels / B&B cost £54,597