Right-to-Buy sales Data Request

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Dear Central Bedfordshire Council,

My name is Leon Beaufils and I am a third-year economics student at the University of Warwick.

As part of a year-long university research project in applied economics, I am studying the evolution of the Council's social housing stock. The project is supervised by Thiemo Fetzer, Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick.

I came across the available data on aggregate social housing stock and Right-to-Buy sales at the local authority level. However, more detailed information would be of great assistance in answering my research question. Therefore, I hereby submit a Freedom of Information request. I would like access to more detailed data, i.e. at a finer geographical level, on social housing stock and Right-to-Buy sales in the Council area for the period 1980-2021.

Ideally, the data would follow the following format:
Essential data:
Variable of interests: Properties sold under Right-to-Buy
Geographical unit: As granular as possible (eg. full postcode or full address)
Time unit: As granular as possible (eg. Date)
Period covered: As large as possible between 1980 and the present time.
Area Covered: As large as possible (eg. all properties managed by the Council at any point in time)
Optional data:
Additional information: discount applied, property valuation, actual sale price, number of bedrooms, or other characteristics.
File format: .xlsx (Excel) or .csv

For indicative purposes, the following data format is expected:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6bmchrwqb5wt9l...

Thank you for your time in considering my request.

Yours faithfully,

Leon Beaufils,
Economics student at the University of Warwick.

Jeannette Challis, Central Bedfordshire Council

Information request
Our reference: 6112785

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Dear Leon Beaufils
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 25 January
2023 concerning
I would like access to more detailed data, i.e. at a finer geographical
level, on social housing stock and Right-to-Buy sales in the Council area
for the period 1980-2021.

Ideally, the data would follow the following format:
Essential data:
Variable of interests: Properties sold under Right-to-Buy
Geographical unit: As granular as possible (eg. full postcode or full
address)
Time unit: As granular as possible (eg. Date)
Period covered: As large as possible between 1980 and the present time.
Area Covered: As large as possible (eg. all properties managed by the
Council at any point in time)
Optional data:
Additional information: discount applied, property valuation, actual sale
price, number of bedrooms, or other characteristics.
 
We are dealing with your request and we aim to send a response by 22
February 2023.
 
 
In some cases, a fee may be payable. If we decide a fee is payable, we
will send you a fee notice and we will require you to pay the fee before
proceeding with your request.
 
The Act may restrict the release of some or all of the information you
have requested. We will carry out an assessment and if any exemptions or
exceptions apply to some or all of the information then we might not
provide that information to you. We will inform you if this is the case
and advise you of your rights to request an internal review and to
complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
 
We will also advise you if we cannot provide you with the information
requested for any other reason together with the reason(s) why and details
of how you may appeal (if appropriate).

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns regarding the
handling of your request.  Tel: 0300 300 5765

 
Yours faithfully
 
 
Jeannette Challis
Information Governance Practitioner
Information Governance
[Central Bedfordshire Council request email]
 
NOTE: Please do not edit the subject line when replying to this email.

Jeannette Challis, Central Bedfordshire Council

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Information request
Our reference: 6112785

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Dear Leon Beaufils
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 25 January 2023.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours faithfully
 
 
Jeannette Challis
Information Governance Practitioner
Information Governance
[Central Bedfordshire Council request email]
 
NOTE: Please do not edit the subject line when replying to this email.