FOI release

FOI request - use of hotels for temporary acccommodation

Case reference FOI2025/00659

Received 20 August 2025

Published 27 August 2025

Request

I would like to ask for information about the use of hotel accommodation by the local authority for individuals you have a statutory or other duty to accommodate. Please do not include the use of hotels for department business or staff in any capacity, for example work travel or conferences etc. Please provide, broken down by month between January 2019 (or as far back as you can go up to that point) and the latest available month:

  • The number of individuals

  • The number of hotel sites used (for example, individual hotels that are part of a chain, independent hotels, B&Bs etc)

  • Total amount spent

  • Please also provide a broad description of the different groups of people accommodated in hotels and the reasons for using hotels

If the data is only available as households, please provide this and state clearly that this is what has been provided. If the data is not available by individual month, please provide it by financial year (1 April to 31 March) starting from 2019-20.

Response

 

  • The number of hotel sites used (for example, individual hotels that are part of a chain, independent hotels, B&Bs etc) Mix of all three listed:

19/20 – 3

20/21 – 9

21/22 – 7

22/23 – 6

23/24 – 3

24/25 – 4

 

  • Total amount spent

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

£

£

£

£

£

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

84,849

69,360

40,663

93,211

106,943

86,782

 

 

  • Please also provide a broad description of the different groups of people accommodated in hotels and the reasons for using hotels – Local authorities have to provide monthly returns to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, all information can be found via the fol-lowing link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness. Hotels/B&Bs are utilised at South Derbyshire Council as an emergency/interim measure given the nature of statutory duties that need to be carried out by Local Authorities. Temporary Accommodation such as self-contained units are not always readily available given the high demand & short supply.

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