See answers to previous information requests

1. How many individuals were pregnant on the date they were placed in temporary accommodation between 1 January 2023 and 31st December 2023?
11.

2. Please provide a breakdown by ethnicity of the number of pregnant individuals identified in question one.
White British: 4
Black or Black British African: 3
White Irish: 2
Unknow/ refuses: 2

3. How many children were 0-1 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation between 1 January 2023 and 31st December 2023?
16.

4. How many children were 1-2 years old when they were placed in temporary accommodation between 1 January 2023 and 31st December 2023?
24.

5. Do you provide cots to households in temporary accommodation?
Emergency accommodation providers provide cots and if a household was being placed into our temporary accommodation and they require one, we will source a cot.

6. If yes to question five, are cots for households in temporary accommodation funded from VCSFE, commissioned housing providers, or the local authority?
If not available form charities/voluntary sector then the Local Authority will fund.

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

8. 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?
No but we will refer to the Homelessness Code of Guidance.

9. If yes to question eight, please provide the relevant information.
Not applicable.

10. Do you currently have any local policy concerning the specific needs of families with neurodiverse children living in temporary accommodation?
No.

11. If yes to question ten, please provide the relevant information.
Not applicable.