Enforcement of standards in private rented sector

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Dear Norwich City Council,

Please provide the following information for the financial year 2020-21:
1. How many service requests did the council receive that related to conditions in private rented homes?
2. How many inspections of private rented homes did the council carry out a) in response to service requests and b) as part of licensing enforcement?
3. In how many private rented homes did the council find Category 1 Hazards during inspections?
4. How many a) Improvement Notices b) Prohibition Orders and c) Emergency Remedial Action Notices did the council issue in relation to private rented homes?
5. How many successful prosecutions of private landlords or agents for offences relating to rented housing did the council carry out?
6. How many a) notices of intent and b) final notices relating to civil penalties for housing offences did the council impose?
7. How many Rent Repayment Orders did the council a) successfully apply for and b) assist an occupier to apply for?
8. How many allegations did the council record of offences under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977?
9. How many enforcement notices did the council serve relating to Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards?
10. How many prosecutions did the council pursue for offences relating to a) mandatory licensing of HMOs and b) discretionary licensing of houses?

Yours faithfully,

Dan Wilson Craw

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Dear Dan Wilson Craw,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request relating to private
sector enforcement. PLease accept my apologies for the delay in providing
the below response.

 

 

Request

Please provide the following information for the financial year 2020-21:
 

1. How many service requests did the council receive that related to
conditions in private rented homes?

971

2. How many inspections of private rented homes did the council carry out
a) in response to service requests and b) as part of licensing
enforcement?

Single occupied premises  4

HMO inspections   2

Licensable HMO inspections 1

3. In how many private rented homes did the council find Category 1
Hazards during inspections?

Single occupied premises  2

HMO inspections   1

Licensable HMO inspections 0

 

4. How many a) Improvement Notices b) Prohibition Orders and c) Emergency
Remedial Action Notices did the council issue in relation to private
rented homes?

a)     15

b)     1

c)     0

5. How many successful prosecutions of private landlords or agents for
offences relating to rented housing did the council carry out?

1

6. How many a) notices of intent and b) final notices relating to civil
penalties for housing offences did the council impose?

a)     0

b)     0

7. How many Rent Repayment Orders did the council a) successfully apply
for and b) assist an occupier to apply for?

a)     0

b)     1

8. How many allegations did the council record of offences under the
Protection from Eviction Act 1977?

Whilst correspondence including such allegations are held by Norwich City
Council they are not recorded in an easily reportable format.

To provide an accurate response to your question would require a manual
interrogation of each of our case files from 2020/21. We estimated that to
undertake this would take in excess of 18 hours. Therefore, the Council is
withholding this information under Section 12 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

Section 12 allows a public authority to refuse a request if they estimate
that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate
limit.

The appropriate limit was set at 18 hours for local authorities by The
Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees)
Regulations 2004.

 

9. How many enforcement notices did the council serve relating to Minimum
Energy Efficiency Standards?

0

10. How many prosecutions did the council pursue for offences relating to
a) mandatory licensing of HMOs and b) discretionary licensing of houses?

a)     0

b)     0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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