Our ref: 20983

Dear--

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Release of Information

Subject: 3&3 Homeless Accommodation

Thank you for your request for information of 25/10/2018 where you asked a number of
questions regarding the above. Vour request has been processed and considered under the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and the information is provided below. I shall
address each of your questions in turn.

You asked the following:

I am writing to get information on how long families who make a homeless application are
currently spending in 3&3 accommodation in the local authority. (To clarify family is used to
mean a couple or single parent who has one child or more, or who is pregnant.) I wanted to
know:

Q1. How many families in total have been placed in BSLB in the last 12 months?

I am looking for the total number from September 2017 to September 2018. I would also like
to how many families were placed in from June - September 2018.

A1. From 01/09/2017 to 31/08/2018 there were 598 families placed in 

From 01/06/2018 to 31/08/2018 there were 199 families placed in 52135.

I am also looking for the following information, again for the period from September 2017 to
September 2018. I would also like to how many families spent the following amounts of time

in 52135 from June - September2018.

Q2. How many families have been placed in in the local authority and spend seven
days or less in that accommodation?

A2. From 01/09/2017 to 31/08/2018 there were 132 families (0-7 days).
From 01/06/2018 to 31/08/2018 there were 60 families (0-7 days).

Q3. How many families have spent between 8 days and one month in 5&3 accommodation?

A3. From 01/09/2017 to 31/08/2018 there were 277 families (8-31 days).
From 01/06/2018 to 31/08/2018 there were 103 families (8-31 days).
Q4. How many families have spent between one month and six weeks in B&B
accommodation?
A4. From 01/09/2017 to 31/08/2018 there were 68 families (32-42 days).
From 01/06/2018 to 31/08/2018 there were 26 families (32-42 days).
Q5. How many families have spent between six weeks and three months in B&B
accommodation?
A5. From 01/09/2017 to 31/08/2018 there were 113 families (43-92 days).
From 01/06/2018 to 31/08/2018 there were 10 families (43-92 days).
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