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Asylum Seeker purchased housing

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20402
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I would like to request data held by your council and any of its trading companies. Please can you disclose the following:

1. How many properties has the council purchased for the purposes of housing asylum seekers in each of the past five years?
Zero - We don’t host Asylum Seekers in Council-owned property.

2. How much did the council spend in total purchasing properties for the purpose of housing asylum seekers in each of those years?
Not applicable.

3. What was the purchase price of each of those properties?
Not applicable.

4. How many council-owned properties are used to house asylum seekers?
Zero - We don’t host Asylum Seekers in Council-owned property.

5. What is the total estimated value of the council-owned properties used to house asylum seekers?
Not applicable.

6. What is the estimated value of the most valuable council-owned property used to house asylum seekers?
Not applicable.

7. How many asylum seekers are housed in council-owned properties?
Zero - We don’t host Asylum Seekers in Council-owned property.

8. Can you list the properties in question 4 by council ward?
Not applicable.

9. How long has the average asylum seeker lived in council-owned property?
Not applicable.

10. What is the longest period for which any individual asylum seeker has been housed in council-owned property?
Not applicable.

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