Council tax property inspections.

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DATE: 13/08/08

Dear Mr Ellis,

Re: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your request dated 13^th August 2008 for the following
information:

Please provide the following information, broken down by year:

1. The number of times the council has sent an officer to inspect a
property whose occupant claimed the single person's council tax
discount.

2. The number of times the inspector was refused entry to the
target property.
3. The number of times the inspector was permitted entry to the
target property.
4. The number of times the discount claim was disallowed after
permission to inspect was refused.
5. The number of times the discount claim was disallowed after
permission to inspect was granted.

At this moment in time we are unable to supply you with the information
you have requested as it is unclear to us what information we could make
available to assist you.

You state in your request that you would like the information year by year
but we are not clear on how far you require us to go back, could you
please contact me and advise?

The Freedom of Information Act requires that we process you request within
a further 20 working days of the date clarification is provided. If we
are unable to meet this deadline we will inform you of this and the
reasons why.

Yours faithfully,

Michelle Wash
Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
Telephone (01375) 366260

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Dear Mr Ellis,

Please see attached letter with regards to your freedom of information
request.

Kind regards

Michelle Wash
Freedom of Information Coordinator
Telephone: 01375 366260

<<Acknowledgement letter 19.08.08.doc>>

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FAO Mr Ellis,

Please find attached a copy of our response to your recent request for
information under the Freedom of Information Act. If you have any queries
please contact me.

Kind regards,

Nadine

Nadine Cook
Senior Information Management Officer
Policy and Organisation Development
[email address]
01375 652590

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Dear Mr Ellis
Re: Freedom of Information
Thank you for your request for the following information:

Q1) The number of times the Council has sent an officer to inspect a
property whose occupant claimed the single person's Council Tax
discount. Answer 1. 5

Q2) The number of times the inspector was refused entry to the
target property. Answer 2. 0

Q3) The number of times the inspector was permitted entry to the
target property. Answer 3. 1

Q4) The number of times the discount claim was disallowed after
permission to inspect was refused. Answer 4. 0

Q5) The number of times the discount claim was disallowed after
permission to inspect was granted. Answer 5. 0

The information in red above has been supplied in part response to your
enquiry. The information supplied does not cover the full 6 month period
for which you are requesting. We hope to be able to supply you with the
full 6 months data by early next week.

If you are unhappy with the Council's decision you can make a complaint
via the Council's complaints procedures and this will be looked into. If
you are not happy with this decision you may then appeal to the
Information Commissioner.

Information supplied in response to your request is the copyright of
Thurrock Council.
The information has been supplied for your personal use. Except for
permitted acts under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the
information supplied may not be copied, distributed, published, or
exploited for commercial purposes or financial gain without the explicit
written consent of Thurrock Council.

Yours faithfully
Vanessa Goodman
Freedom of Information Coordinator
Telephone (01375) 6566241

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