Council house damp issues

The request was refused by Orkney Islands Council.

Samantha Charles

Dear Orkney Islands Council,

How many council houses have reported ongoing damp issues within Orkney. Please can you specify a breakdown of the demographics of occupants, ie, families, pensioners, couples and sole occupants.

Yours faithfully,

Samantha Charles

foi, Orkney Islands Council

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Dear requester

 

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information

 

Thank you for your information request dated 30 June 2021 and received on
30 June 2021. Our reference is FOI 2021-0455. This is being dealt with
under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

 

We are considering your request. We may be in touch soon to ask for
further clarification or to offer advice and assistance if we are not able
to fulfil your request in its present form.

 

Can you please provide a timeframe for your request?

 

The legislation allows us up to 20 working days from the date that we
receive a valid request, including any clarification we need to make a
final response. We will be in touch within 20 working days of receipt of
your initial request to provide our response or to seek clarification
where necessary. We hope to give you the information you are looking for
at an earlier date if possible.

 

Regards

 

Barbara Scollay

Administrative Support Manager

Corporate Services

Orkney Islands Council, School Place, Kirkwall, KW15 1NY

Tel: 01856 873535, extension 2164 (working from home occasionally)

 

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foi, Orkney Islands Council

Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED

Dear requester

 

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information

 

Thank you for your information request dated 30 June 2021 and received on
30 June 2021. Our reference is FOI 2021-0455. This is being dealt with
under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

 

We are considering your request. We may be in touch soon to ask for
further clarification or to offer advice and assistance if we are not able
to fulfil your request in its present form.

 

Can you please provide a timeframe for your request?

 

The legislation allows us up to 20 working days from the date that we
receive a valid request, including any clarification we need to make a
final response. We will be in touch within 20 working days of receipt of
your initial request to provide our response or to seek clarification
where necessary. We hope to give you the information you are looking for
at an earlier date if possible.

 

Regards

 

 

Katy Russell-Duff

Administrative Officer

Corporate Services

Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY

Working from home at present with limited access to the Council Offices

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foi, Orkney Islands Council

Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED

Dear Madam

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information

I refer to your information request received on 30 June 2021. Our reference is FOI 2021-0455.

Clarification was sought on 1 July 2021 and again on 29 July 2021.

Your request for information has been closed as we have not received a response from you.

Under FOISA, if you are dissatisfied with our response, you may ask the Council to review its handling of your request. If you wish to do this, you should make your request for review with 40 working days of receiving this email. Please make your request for review to Executive Director of Corporate Services, Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY or email to [Orkney Islands Council request email], Your request must be in permanent form (letter, email, audio tape etc) and should state:

That you are asking for a review of this decision, and
Why you are unhappy with the response you have received.

We will issue a full response to your request for review within 20 working days of our receiving it.

Where the outcome of the review fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction, you then have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision. You have six months in which to do so following receipt of our review outcome – see www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal.

Kind regards

Katy Russell-Duff
Administrative Officer/FOI Co-ordinator
Corporate Services
Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY
Working from home at present with limited access to the Council Offices

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