Housing Management Costs

The below is the response from the council to this information request. It was mistakenly sent to a previous information request I had made.

Peter Williams
Camden Borough Council

17 December 2009

Camden Council - Information request (FOI/EIR) - Housing and adult social care

Our reference: 5767653
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Dear Ms. Morgan
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request received on 15 December 2009

You requested information on:
Does the council have any plans in the future to separate the costs of tenant participation from rents and show this service as a separate costing on the annual rent statements tenants receive?

I beleive this will allow tenants to have a choice as to whether or not they wanted to pay for tenant participation depending on whether they actually received the service, how these funds are being spent and how accountably the tenants groups are.

The last figure for how much tenant participation was costing tenants was in 2005 at £2-3m.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If appropriate, the information may be provided in paper copy, normal font size. If you require alternative formats, e.g. language, audio, large print, etc. then please let me know.

For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an
assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then it will not be released. You will be informed if this is the case.

If the information you request was obtained from or relates to a third party then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to release the information to you.

In some cases there may a fee payable for the information requested.

This will be considered and you will be informed of the fee payable if this is the case. In this event the fee must be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 day time limit for responses is put on hold until receipt of the payment.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
Yours sincerely

Peter Williams
Freedom of Information & Data Protection Officer
Email: [email address]
Phone: 020 7974 4372
Fax: 6472

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