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Subject: Domestic abuse

Reference: LBR-FOI-00556

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please can you provide me with the following information:

- The total number of women currently (as of 24/01/23) on your waiting list for council housing who are living in a refuge/ supported living facility for women fleeing domestic abuse.

- Of this number, please can you provide the total number of women who have been on the list for i) up to six months ii) up to one year iii) up to two years iii) more than two years.

Response

Full Disclosure - 6 February 2023

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please can you provide me with the following information:

Please note that the figures provided below does not include women that have been placed onto the housing register as a result of the Housing and Regeneration Department accepting a main homelessness duty. The department is unable to report on those numbers as we do not record that data.

- The total number of women currently (as of 24/01/23) on your waiting list for council housing who are living in a refuge/ supported living facility for women fleeing domestic abuse. 12

- Of this number, please can you provide the total number of women who have been on the list for

i) up to six months - 0

ii) up to one year - 0

iii) up to two years - 3

iii) more than two years - 9

Please note that our responses were accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of release, and have not subsequently been updated. This information should be considered an historical record only.