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1. A list of the private housing providers the council has used in the last 3 financial years (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22) to place people in temporary accommodation.
2019/20:
• Martin Conway
• Fraser Nash
• Housing Network
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham
• Amrit Singh
• Pandora
• New Reading Hotel
2020/21:
• Martin Conway
• Fraser Nash
• Housing Network
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham
• Berkshire Rooms
• Bow Guest House
• Pandora
• The New Reading Hotel
• Hilton St Annes Manor
• Martin & Co
• Alvaro Sanchez
2021/22:
• Fraser Nash
• Martin & Co
• Martin Conway
• Housing Network
• Pandora
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham
• Legacy lodgings

2. How much the council paid each private housing provider to provide temporary accommodation in the last 3 years. As above, please provide this according to each financial year - 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22.
2019/20:
• Martin Conway - £35,130
• Fraser Nash – £21,066.40
• Housing Network - £96,925
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham - £69,199
• Amrit Singh - £2925
• Pandora - £5750
• New Reading Hotel - £1300
2020/21:
• Martin Conway - £40,098
• Fraser Nash - £103,464.40
• Housing Network - £191,129
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham – £285,260
• Berkshire Rooms - £110
• Bow Guest House - £5975
• Pandora - £117,825
• The New Reading Hotel - £560
• Hilton St Annes Manor - £6001
• Martin & Co - £73, 460
• Alvaro Sanchez - £75,265
2021/22:
• Fraser Nash - £16,092
• Martin & Co - £256,229
• Martin Conway – £20,855
• Housing Network – £322,664
• Pandora - £61,000
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham - £70,220
• Legacy lodgings - £9080

3. How many households each private housing provider has housed in temporary accommodation the last 3 full financial years.
2019/20:
• Martin Conway - 14
• Fraser Nash - 21
• Housing Network - 38
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham - 44
• Amrit Singh -1
• Pandora – 3
• New Reading Hotel – 3
2020/2021
• Martin Conway - 13
• Fraser Nash - 14
• Housing Network - 48
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham - 81
• Berkshire Rooms - 1
• Bow Guest House - 2
• Pandora - 31
• New Reading Hotel - 1
• Hilton St Annes Manor - 3
• Martin & Co - 9
• Alvaro Sanchez – 12
2021/22:
• Fraser Nash - 5
• Martin & Co - 49
• Martin Conway - 18
• Housing Network - 52
• Pandora - 28
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham - 33
• Legacy lodgings - 2

4. How many people each private housing provider has housed in temporary accommodation the last 3 full financial years.
2019/20:
• Martin Conway - 17
• Fraser Nash - 29
• Housing Network - 40
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham - 83
• Amrit Singh -1
• Pandora – 8
• New Reading Hotel – 4
2020/2021
• Martin Conway - 13
• Fraser Nash - 19
• Housing Network - 91
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham - 90
• Berkshire Rooms - 1
• Bow Guest House - 3
• Pandora - 36
• New Reading Hotel - 1
• Hilton St Annes Manor - 3
• Martin & Co - 11
• Alvaro Sanchez – 12
2021/2022
• Fraser Nash - 5
• Martin & Co - 63
• Martin Conway - 30
• Housing Network - 112
• Pandora - 45
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham - 39
• Legacy lodgings - 2

5. How many of the people each private housing provider has housed in temporary accommodation the last 3 full financial years were children?
2019/20:
• Martin Conway - 2
• Fraser Nash - 4
• Housing Network - 13
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham - 33
• Amrit Singh -0
• Pandora – 5
• New Reading Hotel – 0
2020/2021
• Martin Conway - 0
• Fraser Nash - 3
• Housing Network - 37
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham - 9
• Berkshire Rooms - 0
• Bow Guest House - 0
• Pandora - 2
• New Reading Hotel - 0
• Hilton St Annes Manor - 0
• Martin & Co - 1
• Alvaro Sanchez – 0
2021/22:
• Fraser Nash - 0
• Martin & Co - 10
• Martin Conway - 12
• Housing Network - 50
• Pandora - 15
• Warren Dene/ Nicola Markham - 5
• Legacy lodgings - 0

6. What action has the council taken to ensure the properties it places people in are being maintained to a high standard?
Regular inspections of emergency accommodation providers, ensuring that all compliance documents are provided.