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1 Ipsos MORI, Imogen Blood & Associates and Housing & Support Partnership were commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to undertake an evidence review regarding the scale, scope and cost of supported housing across Great Britain. The methodology for this review was developed following extensive scoping in 2015 and included four strands, each drawing on significant sector involvement: A survey of all local authority Housing Benefit teams and commissioners of supported housing, to which 197 local authorities responded between 19 October 2 December 2015; A survey of supported housing providers, receiving a total of 173 responses conducted between 17 February 9 March 2016; Qualitative research involving over 200 participants across Great Britain including 54 in depth interviews and discussion groups with 150 participants including commissioners, providers and sector bodies conducted between March 2015 February 2016; and Validation and calibration of primary survey data with existing data (including from Continuous Recording of Letting and Sales in Social Housing in England (CORE); Elderly Accommodation Counsel and UK Refuges Online among others). Data presented here summarises key evidence presented in the report based on validated data derived from the two principal quantitative primary data collection methods; the survey of local authority Housing Benefit teams and commissioners and the survey of supported housing providers. Where counts do not sum, this is due to the effect of rounding. For presentational purposes, data presented in the report has been rounded and may vary to the more detailed data estimates presented here. Estimates have been calibrated against a range of existing data sources but where survey data has been used to profile at lower levels of disaggregation these estimates will be subject to their own sampling tolerances. Appropriate caution should be exercised where base sizes are small. Sheet 1: Profile of supported housing by type of accommodation, landlord type and country Sheet 2: Profile of supported housing by client group, landlord type and country Sheet 3: Categories of specified accommodation Sheet 4: Housing Benefit award for those in specified accommodation across Great Britain Sheet 5: Provider survey responses to Q4, Q5, Q7 & Q9 Sheet 6: Estimated amount of additional spend on supported housing beyond Housing Benefit per annum by client group Sheet 7: Discretionary Housing Payment use and country

2 Profile of supported housing by type of accommodation, landlord type and country England Wales Scotland Total Designated for older people Local Authority 71,390 18% 12,587 41% 16,092 44% 100,069 22% Housing Association 301,000 76% 16,939 55% 18,942 52% 336,882 73% Charity 12,280 3% 685 2% 410 1% 13,376 3% Other 10,093 3% 332 1% 1,038 3% 11,463 2% Sub total 394, % 30, % 36, % 461, % Hostels Local Authority 894 2% 1,162 59% 6,359 67% 8,415 15% Housing Association 39,322 88% % 2,330 24% 42,250 75% Charity 4,022 9% % 664 7% 4,894 9% Other 447 1% 0 0% 208 2% 655 1% Sub total 44, % 1, % 9, % 56, % Refuges and safe houses Local Authority 86 2% 17 4% % 427 7% Housing Association 3,770 88% % % 4,171 73% Charity 386 9% % % 1,072 19% Other 43 1% 0 0% 0 0% 43 1% Sub total 4, % % % 5, % Disabled people Local Authority 2,378 5% 282 8% 1,860 22% 4,520 8% Housing Association 30,444 64% 2,149 64% 3,264 38% 35,856 60% Charity 6,660 14% % 3,388 40% 10,594 18% Other 8,087 17% % 0 0% 8,473 14% Sub total 47, % 3, % 8, % 59, % Mental health problems Local Authority 927 3% 102 9% % 1,847 6% Housing Association 21,086 72% % % 22,267 68% Charity 5,055 17% % % 6,112 19% Other 2,377 8% % 0 0% 2,641 8% Sub total 29, % 1, % 2, % 32, % Supported housing for young people Local Authority 780 4% 24 2% % 1,031 5% Housing Association 12,670 65% % % 13,830 64% Charity 5,068 26% % % 5,694 26% Other 975 5% 48 5% % 1,190 5% Sub total 19, % 1, % 1, % 21, %

3 Profile of supported housing by client group, landlord type and country Landlord type ENGLAND HA LA Charity Other TOTAL Older people (65+) 301,000 72% 71,390 93% 12,280 35% 10,093 44% 394,763 71% Single homeless people (including rough sleepers) 26,391 6% 600 1% 2,699 8% 300 1% 29,990 5% Homeless families 4,983 1% 113 0% 510 1% 57 0% 5,663 1% Vulnerable young people (16 25) 12,670 3% 780 1% 5,068 14% 975 4% 19,493 4% People with learning disabilities 24,659 6% 1,926 3% 5,394 15% 6,550 28% 38,529 7% People with physical disabilities/ sensory impairment 5,785 1% 452 1% 1,265 4% 1,537 7% 9,039 2% People with mental health problems 21,086 5% 927 1% 5,055 14% 2,377 10% 29,444 5% People with drug/alcohol misuse needs 4,117 1% 94 0% 421 1% 47 0% 4,678 1% Offenders 3,831 1% 87 0% 392 1% 44 0% 4,353 1% At risk of domestic violence 3,770 1% 86 0% 386 1% 43 0% 4,284 1% Refugees and others 9,600 2% 453 1% 1,896 5% 1,067 5% 13,016 2% TOTAL 417, % 76, % 35, % 23, % 553, % WALES HA LA Charity Other TOTAL Older people (65+) 16,939 79% 12,587 89% % % 30,544 79% Single homeless people (including rough sleepers) 321 2% 623 4% 111 6% 0 0% 1,056 3% Homeless families 109 1% 211 1% 38 2% 0 0% 357 1% Vulnerable young people (16 25) 694 3% 24 0% % 48 5% 1,011 3% People with learning disabilities 2,037 10% 267 2% % % 3,189 8% People with physical disabilities/ sensory impairment 111 1% 15 0% 28 1% 20 2% 174 0% People with mental health problems 662 3% 102 1% 108 6% % 1,137 3% People with drug/alcohol misuse needs 122 1% 237 2% 42 2% 0 0% 401 1% Offenders 47 0% 91 1% 16 1% 0 0% 154 0% At risk of domestic violence 274 1% 17 0% 143 7% 0 0% 434 1% Refugees and others 37 0% 13 0% 10 1% 6 1% 66 0% TOTAL 21, % 14, % 1, % 1, % 38, % SCOTLAND HA LA Charity Other TOTAL Older people (65+) 18,942 74% 16,092 62% 410 6% 1,038 73% 36,482 61% Single homeless people (including rough sleepers) 1,428 6% 3,898 15% 407 6% 127 9% 5,861 10% Homeless families 656 3% 1,791 7% 187 3% 59 4% 2,693 5% Vulnerable young people (16 25) 466 2% 228 1% 380 6% % 1,241 2% People with learning disabilities 2,282 9% 1,301 5% 2,369 37% 0 0% 5,952 10% People with physical disabilities/ sensory impairment 982 4% 559 2% 1,019 16% 0 0% 2,560 4% People with mental health problems 519 2% 818 3% % 0 0% 2,286 4% People with drug/alcohol misuse needs 219 1% 599 2% 63 1% 20 1% 901 2% Offenders 26 0% 71 0% 7 0% 2 0% 107 0% At risk of domestic violence 127 0% 324 1% 544 8% 0 0% 995 2% Refugees and others 83 0% 119 0% 73 1% 5 0% 280 0% TOTAL 25, % 25, % 6, % 1, % 59, % GREAT BRITAIN HA LA Charity Other TOTAL Older people (65+) 336,881 72% 100,069 86% 13,376 31% 11,463 45% 461,789 71% Single homeless people (including rough sleepers) 28,140 6% 5,121 4% 3,218 7% 427 2% 36,907 6% Homeless families 5,748 1% 2,116 2% 734 2% 115 0% 8,713 1% Vulnerable young people (16 25) 13,830 3% 1,031 1% 5,694 13% 1,190 5% 21,745 3% People with learning disabilities 28,978 6% 3,494 3% 8,281 19% 6,916 27% 47,670 7% People with physical disabilities/ sensory impairment 6,878 1% 1,026 1% 2,313 5% 1,557 6% 11,773 2% People with mental health problems 22,267 5% 1,847 2% 6,112 14% 2,641 10% 32,867 5% People with drug/alcohol misuse needs 4,458 1% 929 1% 526 1% 66 0% 5,979 1% Offenders 3,903 1% 249 0% 415 1% 46 0% 4,614 1% At risk of domestic violence 4,171 1% 427 0% 1,072 2% 43 0% 5,712 1% Refugees and others 9,720 2% 585 1% 1,980 5% 1,078 4% 13,362 2% TOTAL 464, % 116, % 43, % 25, % 651, %

4 Categories of specified accommodation Category of Specified Accommodation Claimant % Claimant % Claimant % Claimant % Exempt 215,714 90% 5,927 84% 11,508 89% 233,149 89% Managed 17,244 7% 1,052 15% 465 4% 18,760 7% Refuges 1,069 0% 81 1% 226 2% 1,376 1% Hostel 6,639 3% 0 0% 790 6% 7,429 3% Landlord type Claimant % Claimant % Claimant % Claimant % Housing Association 146,298 61% 5,872 83% 7,437 57% 159,607 61% Local Authority 45,615 19% 561 8% 1,632 13% 47,808 18% Registered charity or voluntary sector 27,904 12% 447 6% 3,869 30% 32,219 12% Other provider 20,850 9% 180 3% 51 0% 21,081 8% Gender Claimant % Claimant % Claimant % Claimant % Male 130,702 54% 3,784 54% 7,296 58% 141,782 54% Female 109,857 46% 3,275 46% 5,693 42% 118,825 46% Other 107 0% 0 0% 0 0% 107 *% Age Claimant % Claimant % Claimant % Claimant % ,228 13% 1,231 17% 1,709 13% 35,168 13% ,889 23% 2,030 29% 4,345 33% 61,264 24% ,540 23% 2,041 29% 3,925 30% 61,506 24% ,009 41% 1,757 25% 3,009 23% 102,775 40% Age Claimant % Claimant % Claimant % Claimant % Working age 142,657 59% 5,303 75% 9,979 77% 157,939 61% Older people (65+) 98,009 41% 1,757 25% 3,009 23% 102,775 39%

5 Housing Benefit award for those in specified accommodation across Great Britain (Oct Dec 2015) Older people claimants in SA Weekly Housing Benefit award Working age claimants in SA Weekly Housing Benefit award All claimants in SA Lowest ( pw) Highest ( pw) Average ( pw) Lowest ( pw) Highest ( pw) Average ( pw) Average ( pw) England Wales Scotland GB Average

6 Q4. Based on your most up to date data, for each type of supported housing client group within each local authority area you operate in, please indicate how many UNITS there are (Column I) and how many new lettings have been made in the last 12 months (Column II). We know some provision will be for service users with complex needs, but please only count each unit once, including them in the primary client type units new lets Relationship between new lets and units Older people (65+) 9,020 1, Single homeless people (including rough sleepers) & Homeless families 6,796 13, Vulnerable young people (16 25) 2,517 2, People with learning disabilities/ physical disabilities/ sensory impairment 4, People with mental health problems 1, At risk of domestic violence 580 1, Others 1,172 1, TOTAL number of units and new lets 25,611 21, Base: Q5. Have you had some or all of your supported housing schemes accepted as specified accommodation (as set out in HB A8/2014) by the local authority housing benefit team/s in the areas where your services are located, or have none been accepted? England Wales Scotland Great Britain Schemes % Schemes % Schemes % Schemes Yes, ALL SH accepted as specified % 37 41% 33 37% % Yes, SOME SH accepted as specified 15 7% 22 24% 33 37% 70 17% No, no SH accpeted as specified 9 4% 0 0% 12 13% 21 5% Don't know 29 13% 31 34% 12 13% 72 18% TOTAL number of schemes identified % % % % Base: % Q7. For each client type for whom you provide supported housing services, please indicate the average weekly rent (Column I) and service charge (Column II). Please also indicate the average amount of weekly rent and service charge that is Housing Benefit eligible (Column III). Please write the amount in the spaces provided or tick None or Don t know as appropriate. Estimates are also acceptable. Estimated Average weekly Rent & Service Charge ( ) Estimated average amount of weekly Rent & Service Charge eligible for Housing Benefit ( ) England Older people (65+) Working age Wales Older people (65+) Working age Scotland Older people (65+) Working age Bases: Q9. Still thinking about other sources of funding beyond rent and service charge for all the client types for whom you provide supported housing services as a whole, please indicate what percentage of this other funding comes from the following sources? Again, this should be other funding to cover housing related support, other forms of support and care (as appropriate). Please write in the percentage coming from each source or tick None or Don t know as appropriate. Estimates are also acceptable. PLEASE NOTE the percentage figures given should sum to 100% Mean Percentage from other funding source Additional source of funding (%) Local Authority Adult social care 33.1 Local Authority Children s services 2.6 Local Authority housing/ homelessness 28.7 Criminal justice Youth Offending Team, Probation 1.2 Substance misuse service (eg Drug Action Team) 2.2 Health NHS Trusts, CCG (Clinical Commissioning Groups) 5.3 Public Health 0.1 Employment and education (eg Jobcentre Plus, EFA, SFA) 0.5 Fundraising and donations 2.7 Charitable grants 1.8 Big Lottery funding 1.8 Corporate/ Businesses 0 Other (Please specify) 19.9 TOTAL 100 Base: 86

7 Estimated amount of additional spend on supported housing beyond Housing Benefit per annum by client group England Wales Scotland Great Britain Annualised spend % Annualised spend % Annualised spend % Annualised spend % Older people (65+) 271,046,857 17% 5,316,359 7% 21,310,478 5% 297,673,694 15% Single homeless people (including rough sleepers) 177,716,297 11% 7,189,921 9% 50,334,348 13% 235,240,566 11% Homeless families 19,349,980 1% 2,431,135 3% 8,140,526 2% 29,921,640 1% Vulnerable young people (16 25) 103,977,640 7% 10,195,836 13% 17,706,890 5% 131,880,367 6% People with learning disabilities 639,916,651 40% 31,177,836 39% 175,794,251 45% 846,888,738 41% People with physical disabilities/ sensory impairment 35,236,024 2% 898,775 1% 22,967,526 6% 59,102,326 3% People with mental health problems 166,097,897 10% 10,350,172 13% 51,609,911 13% 228,057,979 11% People with drug/alcohol misuse needs 38,164,128 2% 4,149,860 5% 23,343,701 6% 65,657,690 3% Offenders 34,115,242 2% 1,459,609 2% 956,800 0% 36,531,652 2% At risk of domestic violence 36,479,941 2% 5,639,666 7% 14,830,852 4% 56,950,459 3% Refugees and others 59,932,797 4% 1,456,274 2% 1,525,182 0% 62,914,253 3% Total 1,582,033, % 80,265, % 388,520, % 2,050,819, %

8 Q10 To what extent, if at all, is your Local Authority using your Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) funding pot to cover any shortfall in housing costs of those in supported housing? England Wales Scotland Great Britain 1.00 A great deal 1.3% 8.3% 1.7% 2.00 A fair amount 5.8% 5.1% 3.00 Not very much 35.9% 66.7% 58.3% 39.0% 4.00 Not at all 41.0% 33.3% 25.0% 39.5% 5.00 Don't know 16.0% 8.3% 14.7% Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Base:

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