Prohibition Notices

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Dear West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service,

I’d like to know since 14th June 2017, how many many multi-occupancy residential buildings in your authority have been served prohibition notices by the FRS or Council due to Fire Safety concerns, with residents forced to leave?

If possible, please include as much of the following in the disclosure relating to each incident
- The date of the order
- The address of the property
- The reasons given
- The number of individual units / homes affected (if they can provide that)

Yours faithfully,

Rachael Venables

Information, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

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Dear Ms Venables

 

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

 

Thank you for your email dated, which was received by West Yorkshire Fire
and Rescue Service on the same day requesting the following information:

 

I’d like to know since 14th June 2017, how many multi-occupancy
residential buildings in your authority have been served prohibition
notices by the FRS or Council due to Fire Safety concerns, with residents
forced to leave?

If possible, please include as much of the following in the disclosure
relating to each incident

- The date of the order 

- The address of the property

- The reasons given

- The number of individual units / homes affected (if they can provide
that)

 

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service acknowledges receipt of your
request and confirms that it will respond to you with the information it
holds, unless the information is covered by one of the exemptions in the
Act. We will respond to you as soon as possible, and in any event within
the 20 working days required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, in
the manner requested. Accordingly, we will respond with the information
that you have requested by 31 January 2021.

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.

 

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exemptions under the Act that mean that we may not be able to disclose the
information you need. If we decide that we cannot release the information
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If you have any queries, or wish to discuss any aspect of your request,
please do not hesitate to contact us on 01274 682311, quoting the
reference number provided above.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

A Mohmin

 

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Oakroyd Hall | Bradford Road | Birkenshaw | West Yorkshire | BD11 2DY

 

T: 01274 682311

 

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15 January 2021

 

 

Dear Ms Venables

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

Thank you for your request for information dated 5 January 2021, which was
received by the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service on the same day.

 

Your request is as follows:

I’d like to know since 14th June 2017, how many multi-occupancy
residential buildings in your authority have been served prohibition
notices by the FRS or Council due to Fire Safety concerns, with residents
forced to leave?

 

If possible, please include as much of the following in the disclosure
relating to each incident

 

- The date of the order 

- The address of the property

- The reasons given

- The number of individual units / homes affected (if they can provide
that)

 

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service response:

 

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service have now completed its search for the
information you requested and can now confirm as follows:-

 

Though West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service does hold the information that
you have requested, the information is exempt under section 21 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000, as it is otherwise accessible. The
information is currently accessible on the NFCC Enforcement Register which
provides details of all notices issued by our Authority. The following
link will take you to the register where you can search by Fire and Rescue
Service, Premises Type and Notice Type: [1]http://www.cfoa.org.uk/11823

 

 Section  21  -  Information accessible to applicant by other means.
(1) Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise
than under section 1 is exempt information.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), information -
 (a) may be reasonably accessible to the applicant even though it is
accessible only on payment, and
(b) is to be taken to be reasonably accessible to the applicant if it is
information which the public authority or any other person is obliged by
or under any enactment to communicate (otherwise than by making the
information available for inspection) to members of the public on request,
whether free of charge or on payment.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), information which is held by a
public authority and does not fall within subsection (2)(b) is not to be
regarded as reasonably accessible to the applicant merely because the
information is available from the public authority itself on request,
unless the information is made available in accordance with the
authority's publication scheme and any payment required is specified in,
or determined in accordance with, the scheme.

 

 

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have the right to request a review. You should do this as soon as possible
or in any case within two months of the date of issue of this email. In
the event that you require a review to be undertaken, you can do so by
writing to the Information Governance Manager, Corporate Services at:

 

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Oakroyd Hall

Birkenshaw

West Yorkshire

BD11 2DY

Telephone: 01274 682311

E-mail: [2][West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service request email]

 

If you are not satisfied with the assistance that you get from the West
Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service or if we have not been able to resolve
your complaint and feel that a formal complaint needs to be made then this
should be addressed to the office of the Information Commissioner. This is
the organisation that ensures compliance with the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 and that deals with formal complaints. They can be contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 01625 545745

Web: [3]www.ico.org.uk

 

If you require further advice about the information we have sent or wish
to discuss any aspect of your request, please do not hesitate to contact
us on 01274 682311, quoting the reference number provided above.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

A Mohmin

Information Governance Administrator

Corporate Services

 

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organisation you must apply to the copyright owner to obtain their
permission.

 

 

 

 

 

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