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FOI/EIR 25/26-586-Child Homelessness
Breakdown of children in homeless applications
Request received 16 March 2026
- How many homeless applications have you received involving a child
- Of this number, please include a breakdown by age brackets of the child(ren)
- Of these, what percentage were found to be owed a duty, and how many were sent away without any intervention by your council
- Of those sent away without intervention from your council, how many referrals were made to children’s services
- Of the households not found to meet the criteria for homelessness assistance, how many children and/or families were accommodated by children's services
- How does this number compare to the overall number of homeless applications
- How many of this number involved a child with a disability and/or chronic illness
- How many homeless applications involving children were categorised as priority need
- Of this number, please include a breakdown by age brackets of the child
- What is the breakdown of temporary accommodation type for applications involving children
- How does this compare to a breakdown of temporary accommodation type for applications not involving children
- Of the number of homeless applications involving a child, how many involved a lack of clarity on which authority owed a duty to accommodate
- Of that number, how many children and/or families were provided interim accommodation whilst inquiries were made/disputes resolved
- Any data/information you hold on any child under the age of 18 who is sleeping rough within your geographical area
- Of this number, how many are Looked After Children, or had previous or ongoing social service intervention
- What your council's policies are regarding children who are sleeping rough
- What, if any, are your procedures for verifying child rough sleepers, how this compares to verifying adult rough sleepers, and if this varies depending on the age of the child
- How many homeless applications have you received from or regarding a Looked After Child, Care Leaver (up to the ages of 21 and up to the age of 25) or any Care Experienced person (of any age)
- Of this number, please include a breakdown by age brackets
- How long is the average, shortest and longest length of homelessness for applications involving Looked After Children, Care Leavers and Care Experienced people, by age bracket
- How does this compare for applications involving non-Care Experienced people
- How many Looked After Children, Care Leavers and Care Experienced people have been sleeping rough within your geographical area, including age brackets
- If any children who were homeless, or had previous experience of homelessness during their childhood, died
- What your council's policy is in relation to families and child(ren) at risk of homelessness, or are homeless
- Any further data you hold relating to child homelessness within your council's geographical area
- Any further data you hold relating to children who are sleeping rough within your council's geographical area
- How long is the average, shortest and longest length of homelessness for applications involving children
- Of the above, what is the breakdown by type of temporary accommodation
- Of the above, how does this compare to the average, shortest and longest length of homelessness for applications not involving children
- What types of accommodations/tenancies do homeless households with children move on to, following homelessness
- Any further data/information you hold on child homelessness within your council's geographical area
- How many people within your council's geographical area became homeless after move-on from asylum accommodation, and what percentage this is in relation to all people after move-on asylum accommodation
- What is your council's policy in relation to this
- How many children are living in asylum accommodation within your council's geographical area
- Any data pertaining on child refugee homelessness within your council's geographical area
- The move-on period for refugees who are pregnant, or have children living with them, in accommodation
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Any further data you hold relating to refugee/asylum seeker homelessness within your council's geographical area
Response due 16 April 2026