FOI Request - Temporary Accommodation
Request 101003963217
1. Use of temporary accommodation
For each of the following calendar years – 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 – please provide:
a) The total number of temporary accommodation placements or bookings made
b) Of these, the total number of placements or bookings made with private providers
c) The total number of private providers of temporary accommodation that the council made payments to
d) The total amount paid by the council to private providers of temporary accommodation
2. Costs
For the calendar year 2025, please provide:
a) The average monthly cost of temporary accommodation per person, and please provide this separately for:
i) Accommodation provided by private sector providers
ii) Accommodation owned or managed by the council
b. The average monthly amount charged to residents for utilities and/or service charges in private sector temporary accommodation, where these costs are charged in addition to the accommodation cost covered by the local authority.
3. Largest private providers
Please provide the following information for the three private providers that received the highest total payments from the council for temporary accommodation in 2025:
a) Provider name
b) Total amount paid to each provider
c) The number of accommodation sites operated by each provider
d) A breakdown of the types of accommodation used (for example, number of hostel placements, B&B placements, nightly paid accommodation, or other categories, where recorded)
e) The average monthly charge per placement (or equivalent measure of cost) for each provider
Response 14-04-2026
1. a)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2027 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| 5.1 LA Dwelling - Offered and Accepted | 18 | 205 | 250 | 333 | 397 | 329 | 359 | 339 | 316 | 328 | 343 |
| 5.2 Housing Association/RSL - Offered and Accepted | 0 | 72 | 81 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 43 | 61 | 41 | 60 | 42 |
| 5.3 Hostel LA - Offered and Accepted | <5* | 40 | 15 | 26 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.4 Hostel RSL - Offered and Accepted | <5* | 63 | 52 | 82 | 59 | 79 | 74 | 40 | 0 | <5* | 11 |
| 5.5 Hostel Other - Offered and Accepted | 21 | 132 | 88 | 128 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 32 | 32 | 16 |
| 5.6 B&B - Offered and Accepted | <5* | 145 | 95 | <5* | 0 | 16 | 0 | 48 | 175 | 132 | 97 |
| 5.7 Refuge - Offered and Accepted | <5* | 16 | 30 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 23 |
| 5.8 Private Sector Lease - Offered and Accepted | 0 | 0 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.9 Other - Offered and Accepted | 0 | 0 | 0 | <5* | <5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note: Rows indicate number of exits from type of accommodation in that year. For 2025 only, ongoing placements as at 31/12/2025 are included.
*The low numbers associated with this response may result in the identification of individuals. Therefore numbers between 1 and 5 have
been redacted and marked with <5 instead. This response is exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - personal
information.
b) Please see row 5.6 in the table above.
c) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
No of Providers 10 11 13 2 1 3 1 6 12 9 8
d) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Spend (£) 180,595.79 183,330.40 168,842.42 124,187.42 30,999.98 3,011.71 242.85 11,865.63 77,676.83 42,862.79 42,127.94
2. a)
i) Average £36.91 ( 97 household in B&B at a cost of £42,127 = £434.30 per year per household, divided by 12 months = £36.91)
ii) Total monthly rent for all properties = £124,167.59 / 104 properties = £1,193.92
b) Not applicable - we do not use private sector temporary accommodation.
3. a) Provider Total paid (£)
The Old Coach Hose Hotel, Buckie 37,549.77
Aberlour Hotel, Aberlour 1,695.83
The Grampian Hotel, Keith 1,115.00
b) Detailed in table above
c) 1 each – all independent providers
d) All B & B providers (97 Placements)
e) This information is considered to be commercially sensitive information and is therefore exempt under Section 33(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002- Commercial Sensitivity.