I would like to request the following information;

1. The total number of households in temporary accommodation (whether placed in council or non-council housing, whether inside or outside the local authority area) as of March (or April) 2020
65.

2. The total number of households in temporary accommodation (whether placed in council or non-council housing, whether inside or outside the local authority area) as of March (or April) 2021
53

3. The total number of households currently in temporary accommodation (whether placed in council or non-council housing, whether inside or outside the local authority area)
49.

4. The number of households that were newly placed in temporary accommodation each month since January 2021 (i.e. their tenancy/placement began that month). Preferably this figure should exclude households transferred between different temporary accommodation placements
Jan 2021: 3
Feb 2021: 11
Mar 2021: 5
Apr 2021: 7
May 2021: 4
Jun 2021: 6
Jul 2021: 4
Augt 2021: 7
Sep 2021: 8
Oct 2021: 10
Nov 2021: 12
Dec 2021: 3

5. How many households in temporary accommodation currently pay their rent either to the council or via the council?
49 people under temporary accommodation who pay their rent direct to Council.

6. Of the households in question 5, how many are currently in arrears on their rent by at least four weeks/one month (or any similar timeframe used by the council in its records, e.g. six weeks)?
Six tenancies that are over four weeks in rent arrears.

7. Please state how many applications for homelessness support since 1st April 2021 have been rejected due to the applicant being ineligible for public funds under No Recourse to Public Funds rules – this is an overall figure, not a monthly one. If a figure for NRPF is unavailable, please provide a figure for applications rejected due to the applicant being ineligible under s185 of the Housing Act 1996
One.

8. Were the applicants referred to in question 7 given accommodation regardless of their housing legislation eligibility (e.g. via Everyone In or a successor scheme)? Please provide any information held on how many of the applicants covered in question 7 were given accommodation in this way.
One was offered accommodation using discretionary powers (under section 1 of the Localism Act 2011)