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Data Provider: Welsh Government Reasons for discharge of duty under section 75 during the year
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YearData not collected for 2019-20 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Filtered]
AreaDue to minor discrepancies between the headline figures and the sum of detailed breakdowns for Neath Port Talbot in 2016-17, some of their figures have been adjusted slightly; The detailed breakdowns have been recalibrated to the headline totals to ensure consistency. [Filtered]
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[Collapse]Total6,135
TotalCeased to be eligible339
Withdrawal of application648
Mistake of fact12
Became homeless intentionally from accommodation provided under section 75375
Accepted an offer of accommodation through the allocation scheme (part vi 1996 HA)3,366
Accepted a private sector offer483
Voluntarily ceased to occupy accommodation made available under section 75462
Refusal of an offer of accommodation through the allocation scheme (Part VI 1996 HA)180
Refusal of an offer of suitable accommodation in the Private Rented Sector15
Refusal of an offer of suitable interim accommodation under section 7560
Refusal to co-operate192

Metadata

Title

Reasons for discharge of duty under section 75 during the year

Last update

5 September 2024 5 September 2024

Next update

December 2024

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Homelessness data collection, Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.housing@gov.wales

Designation

None

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

The information is based on an annual statistical return completed by local authorities in Wales. The information is collected in order to establish the number and type of households that were provided with assistance by local authorities during the period. This data is used by the Welsh Government, homelessness agencies and other housing organisations, in order to help monitor trends in the overall level of statutory homelessness across Wales.

Data collection and calculation

Due to minor discrepancies between the headline figures and the sum of detailed breakdowns for Neath Port Talbot in 2016-17, some of their figures have been adjusted slightly; The detailed breakdowns have been recalibrated to the headline totals to ensure consistency.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

From 2015-16 onwards. Data not collected for 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Users, uses and context

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink.

Rounding applied

All the figures are rounded independently to the nearest 3 to protect the identity of individuals.

Keywords

Housing, Homelessness

Statistical quality

There are a number of factors (including timing issues, the recording of multiple outcomes and local authority IT reporting systems), which have impacted on the quality and accuracy of the data collected and published on statutory homeless for 2015-16. These are mainly due to the legislative changes introduced in April 2015 and the time needed for the local authority data providers to fully absorb the impact of these changes and to adjust their internal systems and processes accordingly. Further information is provided in Section 2.2 of the accompanying annual statistical release.

Whilst we have worked closely with local authorities to improve the quality of the data there is a limit to the improvements that can be made retrospectively to the 2015-16 data and some concerns over the quality and accuracy of the data remain. Although the pre April 2015 statutory homelessness statistics were designated as National Statistics, given the concerns over data quality a temporary de-designation of the Homelessness Statistics data for 2015-16 has been agreed with the UK Statistics Authority. The 2015-16 data as published on Stats Wales and within the accompanying release are therefore not classified as National Statistics.