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Dear Hull City Council,

I would be grateful if you could supply the following information:

Q1]
Since 6th April 2017, how many convictions was the council aware of (in relation to its housing area) to which Chapter 4 (Rent Repayment Orders) of The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (HaPA) applied? These convictions should include any Civil Penalty Notice (CPN) issued by the council.
Q2]
Of the convictions the council was aware of in answer to Q1, how many did the council consider for a Rent Repayment Order application by the council?
Q3]
Of the convictions the council was aware of in answer to Q1, for how many did the council make a Rent Repayment Order application?
Q4]
Does the council have a process for making the decision referred to in Q2], and if so, what is that process?

Yours faithfully,

George Penny

Information Governance, Hull City Council

Dear Mr Penny,

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Information Request - 002236/21

 

We acknowledge receipt of your information request received on 23 December
2021 which is being processed according to the Freedom of Information Act
(2000).

 

The legislation allows us 20 working days to respond which takes us to 25
January 2022.  There are some circumstances under which this deadline may
be extended legally but we will inform you as soon as we know if these
apply.

 

 

 

Questions

 

Q1]

Since 6th April 2017, how many convictions was the council aware of (in
relation to its housing area) to which Chapter 4 (Rent Repayment Orders)
of The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (HaPA) applied? These convictions
should include any Civil Penalty Notice (CPN) issued by the council.

Q2]

Of the convictions the council was aware of in answer to Q1, how many did
the council consider for a Rent Repayment Order application by the
council?

Q3]

Of the convictions the council was aware of in answer to Q1, for how many
did the council make a Rent Repayment Order application?

Q4]

Does the council have a process for making the decision referred to in
Q2], and if so, what is that process?

 

 

 

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Information Commissioner’s Office

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Wilmslow,

Cheshire,

SK9 5AF

 

Web site: [3]https://ico.org.uk

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Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

Information Governance Team

Town Clerk's Service

Hull City Council

Tel: 01482 300300

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Dear Mr Penny

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Information Request - 002236/21

 

With regard to your Freedom of Information request received on 23 December
2021, please find our response below.

 

 

Q1] Since 6th April 2017, how many convictions was the council aware of
(in relation to its housing area) to which Chapter 4 (Rent Repayment
Orders) of The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (HaPA) applied? These
convictions should include any Civil Penalty Notice (CPN) issued by the
council.

 

One.

 

Q2] Of the convictions the council was aware of in answer to Q1, how many
did the council consider for a Rent Repayment Order application by the
council?

 

None.

 

Q3] Of the convictions the council was aware of in answer to Q1, for how
many did the council make a Rent Repayment Order application?

 

None.

 

Q4] Does the council have a process for making the decision referred to in
Q2], and if so, what is that process?

 

Yes, please find our flowchart attached.

 

 

We hope that you will be satisfied with our response and should you
require any further information then please do not hesitate to contact
us. 

 

 

Should you wish to complain about our response in any way this must
initially be done by e-mailing [1][Hull City Council request email] or by
contacting us at The Information Governance Team, The Guildhall, Alfred
Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AA.

 

Your request for internal review should be submitted to us within 40
working days of receipt by you of this response.  Any such request
received after this time will only be considered at the Council’s
discretion.

 

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review then you
may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the
government body established to enforce the legislation.

 

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Web site: [2]https://ico.org.uk

Report a concern: [3]https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

Email: [4][email address]

Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate)

 

ICO states that any emails you choose to send to them, or that they send
to you, are not secure as email messages can be intercepted.  ICO asks
that you include a contact telephone number on any emails you send to
them. 

 

This information may be subject to copyright. The Freedom of Information
Act does not give you an automatic right to re-use this information in a
way that would infringe copyright, for example, by publishing it or
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If you wish to re-use this information and this was not specified in your
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Government Licence which can be found at
[5]www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

Claire Reavley

Information Governance

Town Clerk's Service

Hull City Council

Tel: 01482 300300

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