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Request reference number: MGLA120520-1489
Date of response:
Summary of request
1. How many homelessness referrals has the GLA received about people with no recourse to public funds, NRPF, since March 20th 2020?
2. Can you please provide the data on referring bodies? (i.e. how many people were referred to GLA by whom)
3. Can you please provide the data on outcomes? (referrals onwards, successfully accommodated, refusals, etc)
4. If for some reason not included in the answer to 3, can you confirm how many people with NRPF have been accommodated since March 20th by GLA (in partnership with charities etc it works with to achieve this) to date?
5. Under what power/s are people with NRPF being accommodated?
[Clarification] I'm asking about all cases of people with NRPF whose cases were referred to the GLA for any reason. I recognise that the GLA does not have the statutory obligation to accommodate people.
My interest in this is that Councils were asked because of Covid-19 to accommodate homeless people regardless of whether they were classed with NRPF, which is a departure from usual practice.
I have been trying to find out from Councils how many referrals they received; and how many they accommodated; and need to know the figures from the GLA too, to get the full picture of how many people with NRPF a) asked for help and b) received it.
Can I clarify as well that I'd like the figures from 20/03/20. I have stated March 20 and it occurred to me that this can be interpreted as "March 2020".
Related documents
MGLA120520-1489 - FOI response