Date: 20^th July 2010

Our Ref: HSG/87DGTQ

Dear Mr. Lockhart

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by Manchester City Council on 15 July 2010.

You requested information under the Freedom of Information Act as to how many people living in households earning less than £20,000 per year have benefited from the various Homebuy schemes in Manchester in the last two years up to 2009 and 2010 respectively.

Unfortunately we do not retain information regarding the household income of people taking up Homebuy products.

This should be retained by Plumlife, the Homebuy Agent for the region. Contact details are as follows:

Edyta Majewska

Homebuy Initiatives Manager

Plumlife

0161 4475095

07917 527324

[email address]

www.plumlife.co.uk

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If you have any queries, please contact me on the number above.

Anjla K. Sharma
Data Protection Officer