Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES, HOUSING AND BENEFITS SELECT COMMITTEE
Date: 2 OCTOBER 2002
Title: HOMELESS MONOTORING STATISTICS
REPORT OF
THE STRATEGIC DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING
1. SUMMARY
This
report gives members the opportunity to receive homeless monitoring statistics
for scrutiny purposes.
2. BACKGROUND
The Housing Services
section of the Directorate keep a range of housing and homeless statistics,
some of which are reported in the Housing Annual Report, and some of which have
to be collected for Government quarterly returns in June, September, December
and March each year. Some are also sent
to the Government’s B&B Unit on a monthly basis.
The proposal is to
supply Members with the attached homeless statistics to enable appropriate
monitoring and scrutiny. Members’ views
are sought on the content of the statistics, and the frequency of reporting.
Attached, as Appendix 1, are figures for the
end of month 5 (August), with full year, or end of year figures for 2001/02 for
comparison.
3. FINANCIAL
IMPLICATIONS
There are
no immediate financial implications arising from these reports, but the cost of
providing B&B accommodation for homeless households amounts to over
£800,000 (gross) p.a.
Contact:
Chris Binnie, 823061 or Martyn Stanley, 823041
C WADDICOR
Strategic
Director of
Social
Services and Housing