FOI003705 FOI Benefits

I am interested in understanding more about how your local authority manages its provision of “Exempt Accommodation”.
Exempt Accommodation in these questions is defined in legislation, namely accommodation which provides Housing Benefit claimants with exemption from the main HB rent restriction schemes that have been introduced from January 1996 ie:
• the local reference rent rules; and
• the local housing allowance rules.
The legal definition of ‘Exempt Accommodation’ can be found in paragraph 4(10) of Schedule 3 to the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 20061 specifically:
Accommodation which is provided by a non-metropolitan county council in England within the meaning of section 1 of the Local Government Act 1972, a Housing Association, a registered charity or voluntary organisation where that body or a person acting on its behalf also provides the claimant with care, support or supervision.

1) Please complete the following questions below about the cost of exempt provision in your local authority in 2023/24, 24/25 and 25/26.
A) How much did you spend on the provision of “exempt accommodation”?
B) How many HB claims did you receive under the exempt rules?
C) How many providers of exempt accommodation in the authority did you have across these 12 month periods? 

2) Could you provide a list of all providers that have provided exempt accommodation and, if possible, the number of claims they are/were responsible for? Could you please provide this data for the years 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26
As an example, this is the type of format I’m looking to get this info in