Disclosure Log

Disabled children in temporary accommodation (FOI/6038)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 27 June 2025

Dear *****

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00006038

Thank you for your email of 26 June 2025 where you requested:

For your local authority area, please provide the following information regarding children (aged 0-18) currently living in temporary accommodation who have been identified as disabled:
 
Primary Data Request:
1. Total number of disabled children currently in temporary accommodation (or as of the most recent date for which data is available - please specify the date)
 
Breakdown Information (if held):
2. Disability categories - breakdown by type of disability using your authority"s recording system (e.g., physical disability, learning disability, autism spectrum conditions, sensory impairments, mental health conditions, multiple disabilities)
 
3. Demographics:
 
   - Age ranges (e.g., 0-5, 6-11, 12-17 years)
   - Gender breakdown
 
4. Accommodation details (if recorded):
 
   - Types of temporary accommodation (e.g., B&B, hostels, temporary housing units)
   - Average length of stay in temporary accommodation
 
Historical Data:
5. Annual figures for the past 10 years (2014-2024) showing trends in numbers of disabled children in temporary accommodation, or for whatever period records are available.

I am writing to advise you that, following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by this authority.  Nottinghamshire County Council is not a housing authority with responsibility for housing and homelessness.  In Nottinghamshire the district and borough councils are responsible for housing services.

The district and borough councils in Nottinghamshire may hold the information you are seeking.  If you have not already done so, then you may wish to write to:
 
  • Ashfield District Council, Urban Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, NOTTINGHAM, NG17 8DA or [email protected].
  • Bassetlaw District Council, Queen’s Buildings, Potter Street, WORKSOP, S80 2AH or [email protected].
  • Broxtowe Borough Council, Council Offices, Foster Avenue, Beeston, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 1AB or [email protected].
  • Gedling Borough Council, Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 6LU or [email protected].
  • Mansfield District Council, Civic Centre, Chesterfield Road South, MANSFIELD, NG19 7BH or [email protected].
  • Newark and Sherwood District Council, Castle House, Great North Road, NEWARK, NG24 1BY or [email protected].
  • Rushcliffe Borough Council, Rushcliffe Arena, Rugby Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7YG or [email protected].

Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.  Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications. 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.

Yours sincerely

Colin Sawers (He/Him)
Information Case Officer | Customers, Complaints and Information
Chief Executive"s Department | Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall | Loughborough Road | West Bridgford | NOTTINGHAM | NG2 7QP
Tel: (0115) 977 3714