Freedom of information response

Number of deaths relating to homelessness

Publication date: 
Thursday 11 April 2024
Request: 

Please can I request the number of deaths from 1st January 2023 – 31st December 2023 (inclusive) in each of the following housing situations in your local authority area:

•         accommodation for homeless people commissioned by your council, including hostels and supported accommodation for people identified as rough sleeping or with a history of rough sleeping

•         exempt accommodation

•         temporary accommodation commissioned by your local authority

•         supported accommodation for homeless young people commissioned by your council

•         rough sleeping or with no fixed abode

Where you have access to any of the following information, please include the cause of death or suspected cause of death, date of death, the person’s gender, the person’s age when they died, their ethnicity, and their immigration status.  If you cannot provide any of this additional information, then please just provide the number of deaths.

Response: 

Please can I request the number of deaths from 1st January 2023 – 31st December 2023 (inclusive) in each of the following housing situations in your local authority area:

•         accommodation for homeless people commissioned by your council, including hostels and supported accommodation for people identified as rough sleeping or with a history of rough sleeping - 0

•         exempt accommodation – 8 in over 55s exempt accommodation, 0 in other exempt accommodation

•         temporary accommodation commissioned by your local authority - 0

•         supported accommodation for homeless young people commissioned by your council - 0

•         rough sleeping or with no fixed abode - 1

Where you have access to any of the following information, please include the cause of death or suspected cause of death, date of death, the person’s gender, the person’s age when they died, their ethnicity, and their immigration status.  If you cannot provide any of this additional information, then please just provide the number of deaths.

Request reference:
FOI 13599