FOI request - Hotel Expenditures for Homelessness

Request 101003653028

1.  Total expenditure on hotel accommodation for homelessness and refugee-related purposes during the specified period.

2.  Number of hotel nights booked for individuals experiencing homelessness and/or refugees.

3.  A list of hotels where bookings were made, along with the respective amounts spent at each hotel.

Response 04-11-2024 

1. Homelessness - £54,597 This information has been published in a response to a previous FOI request and is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. For ease of reference please find a link to the web page here: http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_156350.html
Refugee - NIL as costing was provided by Scottish Government

2. Homelessness - 2023/24 = 682
Refugee - 2022/23 = 212; 2023/24 = 412

3. This information is commercially sensitive. Disclosure of the requested information could substantially prejudice commercial interests and so it is exempt under section 33(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, commercial interests.