FOI001784 FOI Housing

I would like to ask for information about the use of hotel accommodation by the local authority for individuals you have a statutory or other duty to accommodate.

Please do not include the use of hotels for department business or staff in any capacity, for example work travel or conferences etc.

Please provide, broken down by month between January 2019 and the latest available month:

•    The number of individuals
•    The number of hotel sites used (for example, individual hotels that are part of a chain, independent hotels, B&Bs etc)
•    Total amount spent
•    Please also provide a broad description of the different groups of people accommodated in hotels and the reasons for using hotels

If the data is only available as households, please provide this and state clearly that this is what has been provided.