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Dear Chichester District Council,

Could you please furnish me with the following information;
a) the number of benefits paid to people residing on Park Holidays Lakeside Caravan Park and b) the various types of benefit.
Obviously not names or addresses.
In theory there should be nothing on your records as these are strictly holiday only sites

Yours faithfully,

Carole Keeble

Cheryl Craven, Chichester District Council

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Hi

 

I am writing with regards to the following request made under The Freedom
of Information Act:

 

Dear Chichester District Council,

 

Could you please furnish me with the following information;

a) the number of benefits paid to people residing on Park Holidays
Lakeside Caravan Park and b) the various types of benefit.

Obviously not names or addresses.

In theory there should be nothing on your records as these are strictly
holiday only sites

 

In order that I can deal with your request, I will require the following
information:

 

Question a)

 

Please note I am only able to provide you with the number of households
claiming Housing Benefit.

 

Please specify whether you only require details of current claims. If you
require details of historic claims, please specify a period.

 

Question b)

 

If you require details of the other benefits received by the households
which will be identified in question a) please specify which benefits you
are referring to.

 

If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact me.

 

Regards

 

Cheryl Craven

 

Cheryl
Craven
Senior
Systems
[1]http://www.chichester.gov.uk/chichesterd... Support
Officer

Chichester
District
Council

 

Ext: 23251 | Tel: 01243785166 | [email address] | Fax: 01243534751
[2]http://www.chichester.gov.uk
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Dear Cheryl Craven,
In response to your questions:

a) Please could you provide me with the number of households residing in caravans, on the Park Holidays Lakeside Caravan Park, that are currently claiming Housing Benefits, and during the period of 2016 and 2017.

b) Could I also have the information of those claiming/paying Council Tax on the Park Holidays Lakeside Caravan Park for the current 2018 year and 2017 and 2016 years.

Yours sincerely,

Carole Keeble

Cheryl Craven, Chichester District Council

Dear Carole

I refer to your recent Freedom of Information Request in which you requested the following:

a) Please could you provide me with the number of households residing in caravans, on the Park Holidays Lakeside Caravan Park, that are currently claiming Housing Benefits, and during the period of 2016 and 2017.

b) Could I also have the information of those claiming/paying Council Tax on the Park Holidays Lakeside Caravan Park for the current 2018 year and 2017 and 2016 years.

Please find my response below:

Household with Council Tax Liabilities on Lakeside for the postcode P020 1QH during the following periods. Please note that where liabilities and claims have spanned different years, they have been counted in all appropriate years.

01 01 16 to 31 01 16 = 7
01 01 17 to 31 12 17 = 16
01 01 18 to date = 8

I have not included accounts which were cancelled from the outset.

There are currently 6 open ended liabilities, 3 with exemptions.

Household who claimed Council Tax Reduction on Lakeside for the postcode PO20 1QH during the following periods

01 01 16 to 31 12 16 = 8
01 01 17 to 31 12 17 = 10
01 01 18 to date = 5

There are currently 2 live claims

Households who claimed Housing Benefit on Lakeside for the postcode PO20 1QH during the following periods

01 01 16 to 31 12 16 = 11
01 01 17 to 31 12 17 = 12
01 01 18 to date = 7

There are current 3 live claims

To the best of my knowledge this information is correct based on the resources available to me.

I trust this information is as requested.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to Nicholas Bennett, Divisional Manager of Democratic Services.

Regards

Cheryl Craven
Senior Systems Support Officer

Chichester District Council
Ext: 23251 | Tel: 01243785166 | [email address] | Fax: 01243534751
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