Emergency accommodation

9 November 2022

Your request

  • could you tell me the amount the council has spent on hotels for people in emergency accommodation in the following financial years:

2021/2022: £X

2020/2021: £X

2019/2020: £X

2018/2019: £X

2017/2018: £X

  • could you tell me the 5 longest stays in emergency accommodation across those 5 financial years.
  • could you also tell me the average length of stay in emergency accommodation in each of those 5 financial years:

e.g. 2021/22: 2 weeks

2020/21: 1 week

ETC...

Our response

  • Table 1 - council spend on hotels for people
  • Table 2 - length of stay in emergency accommodation for above financial years

households that left emergency hotel accommodation

financial year

longest stay (days)

average stay (days)

2021/22

1,135

476.8

2020/21

3,046

609.2

2019/20

410

82

2018/19

504

314

2017/18

679

219