Stirling Council
FOI housing pack + bulk ward crime/CiLIF
Stirling has a FOI homelessness/temporary accommodation pack (FOI/202601213) plus Scotland bulk multi-member ward crime and CiLIF. Money trail not yet loaded.
Hard Facts summary
Snapshot of held public figures for this council — crime, child poverty, coverage and honest gaps. Nothing invented.
FOI housing pack
Figures re-keyed from Stirling Council FOISA response dated 2026-08-05. Nothing modelled. Council-wide only — no ward split.
What was refused
Nationality / British–Non-British breakdown of the 31 March temporary-accommodation snapshot
FOISA s12(1) — Excessive cost — manual review of each homelessness application estimated at ~5 minutes per record; ~145 hours across five years; over £600 limit.
Households in temporary accommodation
Snapshot as at 31 March each year · council-wide
| 31 March | Households |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 349 |
| 2022 | 354 |
| 2023 | 379 |
| 2024 | 341 |
| 2025 | 313 |
Peak 379 households (2023). Latest 313 (2025).
Ukrainian nationals in temporary accommodation
Households by financial year · as supplied by council
| Financial year | Households |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 3 |
| 2024/25 | 8 |
| 2025/26 | 5 |
| Total reported | 20 |
Separate cut from the 31 March snapshot table — not a full eligibility breakdown.
Homelessness applications by eligibility
Scottish Government eligibility categories · full table disclosed
| Category | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British, EEA, pre EU expansion in 2004, Swiss | 603 | 563 | 561 | 578 | 639 |
| A8, A2 or joined the EU since then | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Lawfully present | 10 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 23 |
| Not eligible | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ukrainian nationals (Ukraine Family Scheme / Homes for Ukraine) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Total | 615 | 580 | 584 | 606 | 685 |
Temporary accommodation spend (narrow FOI cut)
Other–Eligible and/or Non-British only · five years · no year split
£1,540
Council wording: total expenditure (or estimated cost) on temporary accommodation for households recorded as “Other – Eligible” and/or Non-British over five years.
This is not total temporary accommodation spend for all households — only the narrow eligibility cut asked for. Year-by-year breakdown not held / not supplied.
Source: Stirling Council FOISA response (email from [email protected]). Honesty: All figures re-keyed from FOI/202601213. Nothing modelled. Partial disclosure: nationality breakdown of the 31 March temporary-accommodation snapshot refused under FOISA s12 (cost).
Committee map
Council website confirmed. Democracy host still to verify.
Choose your path
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Community & Wards
Ward dashboards, local pressures, noticeboard, groups, and the Community Action Toolkit — from understanding problems to funding a first project.
Council Funds · Follow the Money
Budgets, departments, annual accounts, audits, ALEOs, procurement and ownership trails — clear data instead of spin.
Budget snapshot
Money trail not yet re-keyed — ward public spine is live where available
Published accounts and ALEO figures for this council are next. Use the ward dashboards for crime, child poverty and FOI gaps already live.
Wards at a glance
7 wards · click through for full dashboards