FOI/EIR 25/26-526-Children in Temporary Accommodation

Breakdown of children in temporary accommodation 24/25

Request received 6 February 2026

1) How many children were 0-1 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation in each of the calendar years 2024 and 2025?
2) How many children were 1-2 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation in each of the calendar years 2024 and 2025?
3) Do you provide cots to households in temporary accommodation?
4)Do you provide written or verbal safer sleep advice to families with children under the age of 2 moving into temporary accommodation?
5) Do you currently have any local policy on the space that must be provided in temporary accommodation to a family with a child under 2 who will need space for a cot? If yes, please provide this policy.

Responded 4 March 2026

1)Two
2) Two
3) Yes
4) East Cambridgeshire District Council does not manage the temporary accommodation. This is managed by Sanctuary Housing.
5) As Q4