1. Can you provide a breakdown of how much the council has spent on temporary accommodation in each of the last five financial years up to 2024 (2019/20-2023/24), broken down by provider. By provider I mean the company contracted to provide this accommodation (of any type - hotel, b and b, caravan, private rented sector etc) to the council as part of its housing duty. If the council has procured this accommodation from more than 5 providers in any given year, can you limit your search to the 5 companies that have received the most funding from the council.

We have done the top five providers as we use more than five in each of the financial years.

2023/24
Equinox: £275,000
Housing Genie: £103,868
Housing Network: £96,826.80
Hanningtons: £67,215
Crown Lodge Guest House: £44,090.10

2022/23
Equinox: £275,000
Housing Network: £193,882
Hanningtons: £122,705
Berkshire Rooms: £43,720
Fraser Nash: £38,279

2021/22
Housing Network: £280,190
Martin & Co: £208,136.95
Duckquiff Ltd: £112,375
Brightway Community Care: £54,750
Equinox: £45,833.34

2020/21
Duckquiff Ltd: £239,939
Housing Network: £204,981.60
Hanningtons: £84,792
Martin Conway: £47,931.79
Fraser Nash: £45,319.44

2019/20
Housing Network: £61,950
Duckquiff Ltd: £56,370
Martin Conway: £22,686
Fraser Nash: £12,372.40
Hanningtons: £7,550