Youth Homelessness data 2016

What data are we requesting:We want to know about the young people (16-24 year olds) you work with, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. We have spilt this request into five parts, outlined below. We are requesting aggregate data and are not dealing with any confidential information.

Data Issues: Where possible, please indicate where and why it is not possible to provide the specified data:

  1. at all
  2. in the requested format

Please do contact the Youth Homelessness Databank Team at /02074236852for any assistance, or to discuss any part of this request.

Thank you for your help!

Gaia, Luke, Shamim, Rebecca and Victoria - the Youth Homelessness Databank Team

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Our data request:

We kindly request the information in queries 1-5 below for:

  • Each quarter of the financial year 2015-2016

-1st April – 30th June 2015

-1st July – 30th September 2015

-1st October – 31st December 2015

-1st January – 31st March 2016

  • Young people aged 16-24

Query 1: Homeless status of young people (columns D-E of the template)

The number of 16-24 year olds:

1)Categorised as statutory single homeless

2)Categorised as non-statutory single homeless

Query 2: Reason left last settled base (columns F-AB of the template)

The number of 16-24 year olds stating their main reason for leaving their last settled home as:

1)Parents no longer willing or able to accommodate

2)Other relatives or friends no longer willing or able to accommodate

3)Non-violent breakdown of relationship with partner

4)Violence

  1. Violent breakdown of relationship, involving partner
  2. Violent breakdown of relationship, involving associated persons
  3. Racially motivated violence
  4. Other forms of violence

5)Harassment, threats or intimidation

  1. Racially motivated harassment
  2. Other forms of harassment

6)Mortgage arrears (repossession or other loss of home)

7)Rent arrears on:

  1. Local authority or other public sector dwellings
  2. Registered Provider dwellings
  3. Private sector dwellings

8)Loss of rented or tied accommodation due to:

  1. Termination of assured shorthold tenancy
  2. Reasons other than termination of assured shorthold tenancy

9)Required to leave accommodation provided by Home Office as asylum support

10)Left an institution or LA care:

  1. Left prison/on remand
  2. Left hospital
  3. Left other institution or LA care

11)Other reason for loss of last settled home

  1. Left HM-Forces
  2. Other reason (e.g. homeless in emergency, sleeping rough or in hostel, returned from abroad)

Query 3: Number of young people accessing your services in 2015-16 (columns AC-AF of the template)

The number of 16-24 year olds who:

1)Were housed by your service

2)Not housed by your service, but receiving non-residential support

3)People who had a connection to the local area.

4)That are on a waiting list (have asked for support regardless of availability)

Query 4: Prior Status (columns AG-AI of the template)

3)Categorised as statutory homeless and owed a duty

4)Other homeless

5)Prior Status unknown

Query 5: Service type for 2015-16 (columns AJ-AU of the template)

The number of 16-24 year olds accessing the following services:

1)Non-residential support services

2)Day centres

3)Direct access housing

4)Floating support

5)Foyer

6)Outreach services

7)Resettlement services

8)Supported housing

9)Supported lodgings

10)Teenage parent accommodation

11)Women’s refuge