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Please can you provide the following information in relation to Domestic Abuse Services:

• Where an accommodation service is required, does the council pay charges based on set, pre-agreed figures or based on each circumstance or situation.

• If pre-agreed, what is the average, or typical, amount that is paid. Can this be represented as a daily or weekly charge where possible.

• Where not pre-agreed, how are the charges calculated and is there a limit or cap to what can be charged. Can you also list the maximum, minimum and average charges that are paid.

• What is the average amount of time the accommodation is used for. Are there minimum or maximum timeframes that the accommodation can be used for.

• Does the council ever struggle to find suitable accommodation for victims of domestic abuse.

• In the last 6 months, how many times has the council contacted a provider for emergency or additional accommodation for a domestic abuse victim.

• If a provider was able to offer additional accommodation, who should they present this option to.

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1. Where an accommodation service is required, does the council pay charges based on set, pre-agreed figures or based on each circumstance or situation.

Domestic Abuse services (Accommodation – refuge and dispersed refuge units) are commissioned for the whole year on a pre-agreed contract basis.

2. If pre-agreed, what is the average, or typical, amount that is paid. Can this be represented as a daily or weekly charge where possible.

Type No of Units Cost (annual) 26/27

Women’s Refuge 7 164,672.59

Dispersed Refuge Units 4 94,098.62

3. Where not pre-agreed, how are the charges calculated and is there a limit or cap to what can be charged. Can you also list the maximum, minimum and average charges that are paid.

N/A

4. What is the average amount of time the accommodation is used for.

In the year 24-25, the average stay was 21.3 weeks

5. Are there minimum or maximum timeframes that the accommodation can be used for.

No min / max

6. Does the council ever struggle to find suitable accommodation for victims of domestic abuse.

Rarely

7. In the last 6 months, how many times has the council contacted a provider for emergency or additional accommodation for a domestic abuse victim.

0

8. If a provider was able to offer additional accommodation, who should they present this option to.

We advertise all refuge provision contracts via Sell2Wales, Find-a tender website