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In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we request the following information:

1. How much money the council has paid to hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses for use as temporary or emergency accomodation for homeless households in the last four full financial years. (Note: if you are unable to provide data for 2022/23, please take the previous four full financial years i.e. 2018/19 to 2021/22)
• 22/23 - £92,035
• 21/22 - £91,855
• 20/21 - £333,736
• 19/20 - £111,145

2. How many households the council has placed in hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts, and guest houses in the last four full financial years. (Note: if you are unable to provide data for 2022/23, please take the previous four full financial years i.e. 2018/19 to 2021/22)
• 22/23 - 66
• 21/22 - 50
• 20/21 - 99
• 19/20 - 72

3. How long each household spent in the hotel, hostel, bed and breakfast or guest house placed in by the council before being placed in a self-contained housing (eg. a flat or house) or before the council discharged their housing duty.
Nights spent in above accommodation per household.
22/23 – Nights stayed
• 2
• 3
• 2
• 18
• 6
• 81
• 24
• 3
• 2
• 172
• 2
• 365
• 10
• 7
• 6
• 5
• 2
• 2
• 10
• 35
• 6
• 124
• 127
• 42
• 177
• 1
• 8
• 6
• 11
• 7
• 7
• 5
• 3
• 2
• 8
• 15
• 15
• 1
• 14
• 3
• 13
• 6
• 9
• 9
• 1
• 35
• 4
• 5
• 1
• 1
• 3
• 3
• 1
• 2
• 1
• 1
• 30
• 1
• 10
• 8
• 7
• 3
• 4
• 3
• 2
• 1

21/22 – Nights stayed
• 153
• 3
• 94
• 10
• 3
• 155
• 17
• 69
• 20
• 37
• 88
• 30
• 111
• 104
• 100
• 17
• 1
• 3
• 2
• 3
• 40
• 1
• 1
• 10
• 2
• 133
• 25
• 24
• 5
• 5
• 5
• 5
• 50
• 6
• 4
• 39
• 41
• 64
• 6
• 48
• 2
• 20
• 13
• 3
• 3
• 2
• 6
• 7
• 55
• 2

20/21 – Nights stayed
• 14
• 32
• 38
• 7
• 29
• 44
• 7
• 7
• 335
• 9
• 28
• 34
• 294
• 22
• 10
• 18
• 88
• 41
• 7
• 24
• 458
• 62
• 3
• 337
• 46
• 46
• 5
• 113
• 4
• 1
• 15
• 14
• 2
• 9
• 189
• 9
• 52
• 62
• 39
• 90
• 1
• 1
• 1
• 189
• 28
• 229
• 50
• 3
• 162
• 231
• 41
• 23
• 108
• 2
• 116
• 15
• 74
• 4
• 20
• 7
• 9
• 119
• 73
• 94
• 74
• 89
• 15
• 36
• 3
• 179
• 2
• 8
• 63
• 137
• 13
• 8
• 4
• 383
• 10
• 10
• 40
• 22
• 113
• 16
• 47
• 34
• 44
• 5
• 57
• 3
• 25
• 90
• 1
• 17
• 12
• 221
• 5
• 44
• 25

19/20 – Nights stayed
• 6
• 92
• 71
• 28
• 96
• 22
• 9
• 17
• 6
• 62
• 23
• 9
• 22
• 53
• 9
• 20
• 8
• 71
• 18
• 81
• 54
• 54
• 13
• 46
• 9
• 43
• 94
• 17
• 3
• 20
• 11
• 3
• 5
• 10
• 2
• 5
• 31
• 2
• 4
• 94
• 13
• 4
• 6
• 5
• 4
• 42
• 2
• 8
• 16
• 3
• 10
• 8
• 12
• 8
• 30
• 3
• 194
• 77
• 13
• 4
• 4
• 43
• 43
• 21
• 15
• 49
• 4
• 4
• 12
• 5
• 46
• 10

4. A list of the hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses the council has used to house households in the last four full financial years.
a) Please ensure that the response is clear where the same provider has been used in more than one financial year.
22/23 – all providers were used more than once in this financial year
• Laburnum Guest House, 569 London road, Langley SL3 8QE
• Travel Lodge, Winnersh, Wokingham
• The Chimneys, 55 London Road, Datchett, SL3 7JY
• Travelodge Central, Bracknell
• Travel Lodge, Central Reading
• Clifton Guest House, Slough, SL1 2BU
• Eton Guest House, 26 Albert Street, Slough, SL1 2BU
• Travelodge Reading M4 Eastbound
• Travelodge, Slough Central
• St Francis Guest House, Langley, SL3 7RS
• Tower House Hotel, 70-78, Wokingham Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1JL
• The Dial House Hotel, 62 Duke's Ride, Crowthorne RG45 6DL
• Dial House Hotel, Crowthorne, RG45 6DL
• PREMIER INN, WOKINGHAM TOWN CENTRE, WELLINGTON ROAD, RG40 2EX
• Elmhurst Hotel, Reading
• New Reading Hotel, 93-95 Basingstoke Road
• Travelodge, Winnersh
• Travelodge Reading M4 Eastbound

21/22 - all providers were used more than once in this financial year
• 1019 Oxford Road, Reading. RG1 7PY
• Warren Dene, 1017 Oxford Road, Reading Rg31 6TL
• Eaton guest house Slough
• Chimneys Guest House, 55 London Road, Datchet, SL3 9JY
• Clifton Guest House 24 Albert Street Slough SL1 2BU
• Laburnum Guest House, 569 London Road, Langley SL3 8QE
• St Francis Guest House, Slough, SL3 7RS

20/21 - all providers were used more than once in this financial year except provider highlighted in red which was used only once
• 1019 Oxford Road, Reading RG31 6TL
• Warren Dene Hotel, 1017 Oxford Road, Reading
• St Annes Manor, Hilton Hotel
• Mercure West Hotel Newbury
• Bow Guest House, 25 Russell Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 7XD
• Laburnum Guest House, 569 London Road, Langley SL3 8QE
• St Francis Guest House, 99 London Road, Slough, SL3 7RS
• Chimneys Guest House, 55 London Road, Datchet, SL3 9JY
• Clifton Guest House, 24 Albert Street, Slough. SL1 2BU.
• The New Reading Hotel
• Eton Guest House, 26 Albert Street, SL1 2BU

19/20 - all providers were used more than once in this financial year
• 1019 Oxford Road, Reading RG31 6TL
• Warren Dene Hotel, 1017 Oxford Road, Reading
• Laburnum Guest House, 569 London Road, Langley SL3 8QE
• St Francis Guest House, 99 London Road, Slough, SL3 7RS
• Chimneys Guest House, 55 London Road, Datchet, SL3 9JY
• Clifton Guest House, 24 Albert Street, Slough. SL1 2BU.
• The New Reading Hotel
• Eton Guest House, 26 Albert Street, SL1 2BU