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Kevin Osborne made this Freedom of Information request to Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council did not have the information requested.
From: Kevin Osborne
17 November 2010
Dear Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of
Information Act (2000.
How many of your 3 & 4 bedroom properties managed on behalf of
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council have one occupant?
Yours faithfully,
Kevin Osborne
From: Richard Mann
24 November 2010
Dear Mr Osborne
Thank you for your attached request.
The Borough Council transferred it's housing stock to a Registered
Social Landlord in April 2006.
I would, therefore advise you to contact Freebridge Community Housing,
via the attached link:
http://www.freebridge.org.uk/contact-us....
I would take this opportunity to point out that, at present, Registered
Social Landlords are not currently covered by the Freedom of Information
Act.
If you gave any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Yours sincerely
Richard Mann
Information Officer
Legal Services
Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk
( Tel: (01553) 616686
6 Fax: (01553) 616728
: [email address]
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From: Kevin Osborne
24 November 2010
Dear Richard Mann,
Thanks for your reply. I would like to amend my original request,
still under the FOI rules & guidance.
In terms of housing benefit how many homes (numerically &
percentage) that have 3/4 bedrooms homes are in receipt of a 25%
reduction in Council Tax benefit (administered by Borough Council
of King's Lynn & West Norfolk)indicating that they have a single
adult occupant as determined by the The Social Security
Contributions and Benefits Act of 1992.
I also thank you for your advice that a
Registered Social Landlord is not currently covered by the Freedom
of Information. Could you please explain what relevance that has
with my original request to yourselves?
Yours sincerely,
Kevin Osborne
From: Richard Mann
25 November 2010
Dear Mr Osborne
I will reply as soon as possible with regards to your amended request.
The relevance of Registered Social Landlords not being subject to the
FOI Act is that if you had gone on to ask your original request, under
the Act, of Freebridge, they may have declined saying that they were not
subject to the Act.
Your original request asked for details of "your 3 & 4 bedroom
properties". Since April 2006, we do not have any since ownership of all
our housing stock was transferred as advised. They are not managed on
our behalf - Freebridge Community Housing has sole responsibility.
I trust this clarifies matters.
Yours sincerely
Richard Mann
Information Officer
Legal Services
Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk
( Tel: (01553) 616686
6 Fax: (01553) 616728
: [email address]
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From: Kevin Osborne
1 January 2011
Dear Richard Mann,
Any news for me?
Yours sincerely,
Kevin Osborne
From: Richard Mann
1 January 2011
Please note the Council Offices will be closed for the Christmas and New
Year period - from 2.00pm on 24th December 2010 and will re-open on
Tuesday 4th January 2011.
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From: Richard Mann
6 January 2011
Dear Mr Osborne
Please accept my apologies for the delay in replying.
We cannot provide the information based on the number of bedrooms. This
is because we only hold this information for our private rented sector
tenants receiving Housing Benefit.
If a person is in the social rented sector, or receives Council Tax
Benefit only (e.g. if they are an owner occupier) we do not record the
number of bedrooms at the property.
Because only 32% of our Housing Benefit claimants are private tenants,
any figure just based on these would not give an accurate reflection of
the overall picture.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Yours sincerely
Richard Mann
Information Officer
Legal Services
Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk
( Tel: (01553) 616686
6 Fax: (01553) 616728
: [email address]
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