FOI Request - Patients Experiencing Risk of Homelessness

Request 101003734443

1.  The total number of patients referred to you as per duty to refer by all the NHS hospitals, trusts and foundation in your area of jurisdiction between 1 January 2024 and January 2025 because they were at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

2.  The total number of patients with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) referred to you as per duty to refer by all the NHS hospitals, trusts and foundation in your area of jurisdiction between 1 January 2024 and January 2025 because they were at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

3.  The total number of people, who were provided accommodation after being referred to you as per duty to refer by all the NHS hospitals, trusts and foundation in your area of jurisdiction between 1 January 2024 and January 2025 because they were at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Please provide the number with breakdown by the duration of stay, like number of days, weeks or months, if possible.

4.  The total number of people with no recourse to public funds (NRPF), were provided accommodation after being referred to you as per duty to refer by all the NHS hospitals, trusts and foundation in your area of jurisdiction between 1 January 2024 and January 2025 under the Care Act 2014. Please provide the number with breakdown by the duration of stay, like number of days, weeks or months, if possible.
 

Response 25-03-2025

1.- 4. Not held. The duty to refer homelessness placed on specified public authorities was introduced by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. This is English based legislation and not applicable in Scotland. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

The new Housing (Scotland) Bill seeks to implement a similar duty in Scotland called "Ask and Act". This change in the law has not yet been agreed by the Scottish Government as yet so we do not hold records on this subject.