01 September 2023
Your request
- Please provide the figures for the last three years of non UASC homeless lone 16-17 year old children accommodated for the first time under or pursuant to :
(i) Section 20 Children Act 1989
(ii) Section 17 Children Act 1989
(iii) Part 7 Housing Act 1996
(iv) s.189B Housing Act 1996
(v) Any other provision (and state what it was)
- Please confirm the number of non UASC lone homeless 16 and 17-year-olds that have been placed by your authority for the first time in shared or supported living in the last year, and break down these numbers by those that have been placed under
each of:
(i) Section 20 Children Act 1989
(ii) Section 17 Children Act 1989
(iii) Part 7 Housing Act 1996
(iv) s.189B Housing Act 1996
(v) Any other provision (and state what it was)
Our response
- 2021
(i) Section 20 Children Act 1989 - 13
(ii) Section 17 Children Act 1989 -45
(iii) Part 7 Housing Act 1996 - 32
(iv) s.189B Housing Act 1996 - NA
(v) Any other provision (and state what it was)
2022
(i) Section 20 Children Act 1989 - 27
(ii) Section 17 Children Act 1989 -52
(iii) Part 7 Housing Act 1996 - 25
(iv) s.189B Housing Act 1996-N/A
(v) Any other provision (and state what it was)
2023
(i) Section 20 Children Act 1989 -28
(ii) Section 17 Children Act 1989 40 until August 2023
(iii) Part 7 Housing Act 1996 - 12
(iv) s.189B Housing Act 1996 N/A
(v) Any other provision (and state what it was)
2. 2022
(i) Section 20 Children Act 1989- 27
(ii) Section 17 Children Act 1989 -52
(iii) Part 7 Housing Act 1996 -25
(iv) s.189B Housing Act 1996 -NA
(v) Any other provision (and state what it was)