Dear Mavis,
Thank you for your request asking for information that we hold as follows, I am sorry I cannot see that you have been provided with a response to this, for which I sincerely apologise. Please see our responses below in blue:
- The location (to the nearest town or city) of all offers of private rented sector accommodation made to homeless applicants in discharge of the local authority’s Part VII duties broken down by month, for the last 12 months.
Please see below January – May 2025
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | |
| Barking and Dagenham | 1 | ||||
| Barnet | 23 | 24 | 34 | 31 | 27 |
| Bedford | 1 | ||||
| Bexley | 1 | ||||
| Bracknell Forest | 1 | ||||
| Brent | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Camden | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 1 | ||||
| Dacorum | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ealing | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Enfield | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| Epping Forest | 1 | ||||
| Greenwich | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hackney | 2 | 1 | |||
| Haringey | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Harrow | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Havering | 1 | ||||
| Hertsmere | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Hillingdon | 2 | ||||
| Hounslow | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Islington | 1 | ||||
| Lewisham | 2 | ||||
| Luton | 1 | ||||
| Newham | 1 | ||||
| North Northamptonshire | 1 | ||||
| Redbridge | 1 | ||||
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1 | ||||
| Salford | 1 | ||||
| Sheffield | 1 | ||||
| Swansea | 1 | ||||
| Tower Hamlets | 2 | ||||
| Wandsworth | 1 | 2 | |||
| Watford | 1 | ||||
| Welwyn Hatfield | 1 | 1 | |||
| Westminster | 1 | 1 | |||
| Grand Total | 40 | 53 | 56 | 63 | 51 |
- Whether any arrangements exist (contractual or otherwise) between the local authority and any third-party organisation to facilitate the provision of private rented sector accommodation to homeless applicants in discharge of the local authority’s Part VII duties.
I can confirm that no arrangements exist with third Party organisation to discharge the main homelessness duty from January 2025 to date.
- If such an arrangement exists or has existed in the past 12 months, the local authority is requested to disclose copies of any document which details the terms of the arrangement.
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Your Rights
If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been handled, you can request a review by emailing Talk2Us@barnethomes.org and marking it as an appeal for the attention of the Data Controller. There is no charge for making an appeal.
After this, if you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint, you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner:
- Telephone: 0303 123 1113
- Website: www.ico.org.uk
Kind regards,
Carly Williamson
Complaints and Information Manager