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I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 relating to support for care leavers for whom your local authority has corporate parenting responsibilities.

1. Are care leavers given any “reasonable preference” for social housing under your local authority’s social housing allocations policy?

2. How many priority bands or categories does your local authority housing allocation policy have?

3. Under your local authority’s social housing allocations policy, which priority banding would care leavers be given if they had no additional need or vulnerability?

4. Are there any circumstances or criteria in which care leavers from other local authorities can be assessed as having a local area connection under your local authority’s housing allocations policy, and if so, what are these circumstances or criteria?

5. What are the criteria or circumstances in which care leavers aged 21-25 can be assessed as in priority need for a homelessness duty?

6. Are there circumstances or criteria in which care leavers can be assessed as intentionally homeless, and if so, what are these circumstances / criteria?

7. Does your local authority have a joint housing protocol for care leavers across children’s services and housing services?

8. Does your local authority currently provide a housing guarantor scheme for care leavers, and if so, what are the eligibility criteria for this scheme?

9. Does your local authority currently provide a tenancy deposit scheme for care leavers, and if so, what are the eligibility criteria for this scheme?