Dear Sir or Madam,

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.

Yours faithfully, D. Ellis.

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DATE: 13/08/08

Dear Mr Ellis,

Re: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your request dated 13th 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 Ms. Wash,

Thank you for your response. To start with, please provide the data
for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007. Thank you.

Yours sincerely, D. Ellis.

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 Ms. Cook,

Thank you for detailing your fees. Given the scale of your charges,
I wish to clarify my request, and restrict its scope to the first
six months of 2008.

Yours sincerely, D. Ellis.

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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