FOI Request - Hotels Used to House Homeless Information
Request 101003877157
1. The amount of money the council has spent on the use of hotels to house individuals or households assessed as homeless, threatened with homelessness or in need of temporary accommodation broken down annually since 2023
2. The number of these households housed in hotels broken down monthly from January 2023 to date
3. Where available, the projected number of these households who will be housed in hotels over the christmas period and the estimated cost of this.
Response 24-11-2025
1. 2023/24: £54,137.21
2024/25: £42,358.17
2025/26 to date: £30,803.10
2.
| 2023 | |
| Jan | 22 |
| Feb | 23 |
| Mar | 19 |
| Apr | 19 |
| May | 28 |
| Jun | 29 |
| Jul | 9 |
| Aug | <5* |
| Sep | 6 |
| Oct | 21 |
| Nov | 12 |
| Dec | <5* |
| 2024 | |
| Jan | <5* |
| Feb | 16 |
| Mar | 15 |
| Apr | 18 |
| May | 10 |
| Jun | 0 |
| Jul | 15 |
| Aug | 28 |
| Sep | 23 |
| Oct | 15 |
| Nov | <5* |
| Dec | 0 |
| 2025 | |
| Jan | <5* |
| Feb | <5* |
| Mar | 29 |
| Apr | 26 |
| May | <5* |
| Jun | 23 |
| Jul | 13 |
| Aug | 7 |
| Sep | <5* |
| Oct | 0 |
| Nov | 0 |
* The low numbers associated with this response may result in the identification of individuals.
Therefore numbers between 1 and 5 have been redacted and marked with an asterisk
instead. This response is exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
- personal information.
3. Not held. We are unable to predict this figure. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
We have recently seen a reduction in homeless presentations meaning that we have only used Hotel/B&B type accommodation twice in the last 3 months. We hope that this pattern continues but we will not be complacent.