Emergency Housing - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Emergency Housing
FOI Number
15679
Date Received
07/10/2021
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
I am requesting the following information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act Scotland 2002- The average length of time a family or individual spends in emergency accommodation broken down by year since 2016- The longest time a family or individual has spent in emergency accommodation
Response
Q1 - Homelessness statistics are publicly available on the Scottish Government website via the link provided below. The statistics include annual tables for average total time (days) spent in temporary accommodation, by household type and local authority.As the information requested is otherwise accessible via the public domain it is therefore exempt under Section 25 of Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Q2 - The longest time someone has been in emergency accommodation as of 30/09/21 is 1163 days
