SOCIAL SERVICES, HOUSING AND BENEFITS SELECT
COMMITTEE – 8 MAY 2003
HOMELESSNESS MONITORING AND NOMINATION
STATISTICS
REPORT OF THE HEAD OF HOUSING SERVICES
This report gives members the opportunity to receive Homeless
Monitoring and Nomination Statistics for March (month 12) for scrutiny purposes
BACKGROUND
Attached at Appendix
1, are the monthly Homeless statistics, and at Appendix 2 the monthly
Homeless Nomination statistics for March (month 12). In addition at Appendix 3 are the B&B statistics,
showing the figures being monitored by the Government B&B Unit.
Members agreed to continue to receive data in the chart format subject
to some fine-tuning. The group set up to oversee this process has yet to meet,
but will hopefully do so in the near future. In the interim, some changes have
been made.
Members will note from the data that numbers of households in bed and
breakfast continues to fall. The position is generally inline with the agreed
ODPM milestones
The number of leased properties also continued to increase while the
number of households ‘homeless at home’ reduced.
Appendix 1 Homeless Monitoring Statistics (including chart 1-7)
Appendix 2 Homeless Nominations – March 2003
Appendix 3 B&B Statistics
GLEN GARROD
Strategic Director Social Services and Housing