16 and 17 year olds requiring accommodation for any of the reasons specified in section 20 Children Act 1983 - Find a freedom of information request

1 How many 16 and 17 year olds were presented to your local authority as 'requiring accommodation' for any of the reasons specified in s.20 Children Act 1983 in the periods (as per your financial year)

a. 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018?

b. 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019?

c. 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020?

d. 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021?

e. 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2022?

2. Please complete the following table - as per your financial year. Please only include 16/17 year olds accommodated alone, not with their families:

1 April 2017 - 31 March 2018

1 April 2018 - 31 March 2019

1 April 2019 - 31 March 2020

1 April 2020 - 31 March 2021

1 April 2021 - 31 March 2022

Total number of 16/17 year olds accommodated under section 17 of the Children Act 1983 

Total number of 16/17 year olds accommodated under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended)

Total number of 16/17 year olds accommodated on another basis apart from section 20 of the Children Act 1983 (please specify what basis e.g. through a supported accommodation pathway)

Total number of 16/17 year olds accommodated under s.20 Children Act 1983

3. Please complete the following table as per your financial year. Please only include 16/17 year olds accommodated alone, not with their families:

AT 31 MARCH 2018

Number housed in accommodation also occupied by adults who do not provide contracted care and support (including adult hostel accommodation and shared accommodation with floating support)

16/17 year olds accommodated under section 17 of the Children Act 1983 

16/17 year olds accommodated under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended)

16/17 year olds accommodated on another basis (e.g. through a supported housing pathway)

AT 31 MARCH 2019

Number housed in accommodation also occupied by adults who do not provide contracted care and support (including adult hostel accommodation and shared accommodation with floating support)

16/17 year olds accommodated under section 17 of the Children Act 1983  

16/17 year olds accommodated under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended)

16/17 year olds accommodated on another basis (e.g. through a supported housing pathway)

AT 31 MARCH 2020

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Note on question 1: The answer to question 1 is the total number who presented or were reported to be or claimed to be homeless. The vast majority did not require accommodation and solutions were found in the family network. The number of young people who were supported into accommodation are evidenced in answers 2 and 3 – of those that came into accommodation in answer 2 and 3, the total number who became looked after and did not return to family or the care and support of wider family network is answered in question 5.

Question 6 onwards: “Number housed in accommodation also occupied by adults who do not provide contracted care and support (including adult hostel accommodation and shared accommodation with floating support) “ Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) have not recorded any 16 or 17 year old young people placed in these offers to date.