Please provide the following information for the last 12 months to date:
1) How many victims of domestic abuse presented to your housing department requesting to be added to your housing register due to their emergency?
2) How many victims were accepted onto the housing register in the first instance?
3) How many victims of domestic abuse were placed in the first instance, within temporary or interim accommodation in your area?
4) How many victims of domestic abuse were placed in a women’s refuge within your area in the first instance?
36 adults (accompanied by 41 children) were supported in refuge within Devon in the last 12 months to date.
5) How many victims of domestic abuse were placed on the national refuge waiting list in the first instance?
6) How many victims of domestic abuse have been permanently housed within your area?
7) How many victims of domestic abuse were not able to be accepted on your housing register?
8) What were the housing costs to your council overall, for all victims of domestic abuse that presented to your council in their emergency?
9) What was the total amount spent from your household support funds to support victims?
10) How long was the average wait time, and longest wait time in refuge, before the housing department were able to provide temporary accommodation within your area?
11) Were any victims of domestic abuse referred to another council when placed out of area in a women’s refuge, after attempting to join your housing register?
12) Do you have any social housing in your area prioritised for victims of domestic abuse?
13) Were victims of domestic abuse prioritised on your housing register under the banding or points system, under domestic abuse needs assessments?
14) How many victims of domestic abuse that joined your housing register made an official housing complaint?
15) How many Council homes, or affordable homes, do you manage in your area?
16) How many people or families do you have on your housing register waiting list?
Please note – The following response is applicable to Questions 1 – 3 and Questions 5 – 16:
Devon County Council is not responsible for housing and therefore does not hold this information. Housing information is the responsibility of District and Unitary councils in Devon; please contact them directly using the information on the links provided.