FOI Request - Young Children Temporary Accommodation

Request 101003931882

1. How many children were 0-1 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation in each of the calendar years
a) 2024?
b) 2025?

2. How many children were 1-2 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation in each of the calendar years
a) 2024?
b) 2025?

3. Do you provide cots to households in temporary accommodation?

4. Do you provide written or verbal safer sleep advice to families with children under the age of 2 moving into temporary accommodation?

5. Do you currently have any local policy on the space that must be provided in temporary accommodation to a family with a child under 2 who will need space for a cot? If yes, please provide this policy.

Response 03-03-2026 

1. 

a) <5*

b) 0

2. 

a) <5*

* 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.

b) 7

3. Yes

4. No

5. No