FOI Request - Hotel Accommodation

Request 101003842119

I would like to ask for information about the use of hotel accommodation by your local authority for individuals you have a statutory or other duty to accommodate.

Please do not include the use of hotels for department business or staff in any capacity, for example work travel or conferences etc.

1.  Please provide, broken down by month between January 2019 (or as far back as you can go up to that point) and the latest available month:

•  The number of individuals
•  The number of hotel sites used (for example, individual hotels that are part of a chain, independent hotels, B&Bs etc)
•  Total amount spent
•  Please also provide a broad description of the different groups of people accommodated in hotels and the reasons for using hotels

If the data is only available as households, please provide this and state clearly that this is what has been provided.

If the data is not available by individual month, please provide it by financial year (1 April to 31 March) starting from 2019-20.

Response 16-09-2025

To provide this information, we would have to obtain the monthly costs for six years and then cross-reference each month with the applicant/household who were placed there. At an estimated 60 minutes to check each month, this task would cost the Council in excess of £600 of staff time. In accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (excessive cost), we are therefore unable to comply with this request.