Dear Requester

Thank you for your request for information received on 16/Jan/2023, which
is to be considered under the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR)
2004, rather than the Freedom of Information Act, as it is a request for
environmental information.

I have registered your request under reference number EIR 08520 and would
be grateful if you would use this reference and the email address
[Eden District Council request email] in relation to any future correspondence relating to this
request.

Description of request:

1. What is the number of investigations, enforcement notices and
enforcement actions that the council did, related to MEES (Minimum Energy
Efficiency Standards) in the 2021/22 financial year.

Please note that the Council now has a charging policy for providing
environmental information, full details of which can be found in the
[1]Access to Information Policy. We are permitted under the EIR to charge
a ‘reasonable amount.’

Our charges for responding to requests under EIR are:

· £25 per hour for staff time for locating, retrieving and extracting
information;
· 10p per A4 sheet for any photocopying and printing; and
· The costs of any postage.

These charges are in accordance with the Council’s current [2]Fees and
Charges schedule.

Once the cost of providing the information you have requested has been
estimated, we will advise you of the amount required and how to make
payment. We will aim to do this within five working days of registering
your request.

Please note that the process of registering does not commit you to
proceeding with your request or to making a payment.

Charges will be waived for requesters in receipt of certain benefits at
the time of submitting their request for environmental information.
Further details will be provided when we contact you with the estimated
cost.

Should you wish to proceed with your request, we will aim to provide you
with the information you have requested within 20 working days of payment.

Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, I need to advise you that there are a number of exceptions under
the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, which may prevent
the release of some or all of the information you have requested.  Some
exceptions are absolute and some only apply where the public interest in
maintaining the exception outweighs that in disclosing the
information. You will be informed if this is the case and the reason why.

Yours faithfully

Eden District Council

FOI Team

Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [Eden District Council request email]

Town Hall
Penrith
Cumbria CA11 7QF

www.eden.gov.uk

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Dear Hannah Jewell,

Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) Request Relating to MEES
(Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards) Enforcement.

Further to your request for information which was logged under reference
EIR: 08520, we are now in a position to provide a response to your
request, under the provisions of the Environmental Information Regulations
2004.

Please find the information requested below.

1. What is the energy efficiency of the council's homes (managed or owned
by the council)? Please provide either a distribution table with the
number of buildings for each EPC rating or the percentage of the council’s
homes that have received an EPC rating of C or above.

At the time your Environmental Information Request was submitted, Eden
District Council owned zero housing stock, therefore we contain no
information relevant to your request.

2. What is the number of investigations, enforcement notices and
enforcement actions that the council did, related to MEES (Minimum Energy
Efficiency Standards) in the 2021/22 financial year.

Number of investigations – This information is unknown, as officers are
unable to separate these investigations from general housing inspections.

Enforcement Notices – Zero.

Enforcement actions – Zero.

We hope this satisfies your query. However if you are dissatisfied with
this response, you can have your complaint heard under the Council’s
Complaints Procedure. To do this, you will need to contact; Assistant
Director Legal and Democratic Services (Monitoring Officer) by email:
[1][email address], or in writing to: Eden District Council, Town Hall,
Penrith CA11 7QF, within 40 working days of receipt of this email. 

You can also complain to the Information Commissioner (ICO) at:
Information Commissioner’s Officer, Wycliffe House, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF or by telephoning 0303 123 1113. Generally the ICO cannot make a
decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by
Eden District Council.

Most of the information that we provide in response to Environmental
Information Regulations requests will be subject to copyright
protection. In most cases the copyright will be owned by Eden District
Council. The copyright in other information may be owned by another person
or organisation as indicated on the information itself.

You are free to use any of the information supplied for your own
non-commercial research or private study purposes. The information may
also be used for any other purpose allowed by a limitation or exception in
copyright law, such as news reporting. However, any other type of re-use,
for example by publishing the information in analogue or digital format,
including on the internet, will require the permission of the copyright
owner.

Yours sincerely

Eden District Council

FOI team

Eden District Council, Town Hall, Penrith CA11 7QF

Tel: 01768 817817

E-mail: [2][Eden District Council request email]

[3]www.eden.gov.uk

From: foi <[Eden District Council request email]>
Sent: 19 January 2023 10:39
To: Climate Emergency UK <[FOI #937862 email]>
Subject: Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) request relating to
MEES (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards) Enforcement - Reference EIR
08520

Dear Requester

Thank you for your request for information received on 16/Jan/2023, which
is to be considered under the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR)
2004, rather than the Freedom of Information Act, as it is a request for
environmental information.

I have registered your request under reference number EIR 08520 and would
be grateful if you would use this reference and the email address
[4][Eden District Council request email] in relation to any future correspondence relating to
this request.

Description of request:

1. What is the number of investigations, enforcement notices and
enforcement actions that the council did, related to MEES (Minimum Energy
Efficiency Standards) in the 2021/22 financial year.

Please note that the Council now has a charging policy for providing
environmental information, full details of which can be found in the
[5]Access to Information Policy. We are permitted under the EIR to charge
a ‘reasonable amount.’

Our charges for responding to requests under EIR are:

· £25 per hour for staff time for locating, retrieving and extracting
information;
· 10p per A4 sheet for any photocopying and printing; and
· The costs of any postage.

These charges are in accordance with the Council’s current [6]Fees and
Charges schedule.

Once the cost of providing the information you have requested has been
estimated, we will advise you of the amount required and how to make
payment. We will aim to do this within five working days of registering
your request.

Please note that the process of registering does not commit you to
proceeding with your request or to making a payment.

Charges will be waived for requesters in receipt of certain benefits at
the time of submitting their request for environmental information.
Further details will be provided when we contact you with the estimated
cost.

Should you wish to proceed with your request, we will aim to provide you
with the information you have requested within 20 working days of payment.

Whilst it is the Council’s policy to provide information wherever
possible, I need to advise you that there are a number of exceptions under
the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, which may prevent
the release of some or all of the information you have requested.  Some
exceptions are absolute and some only apply where the public interest in
maintaining the exception outweighs that in disclosing the
information. You will be informed if this is the case and the reason why.

Yours faithfully

Eden District Council

FOI Team

Tel: 01768 817817
Email: [7][Eden District Council request email]

Town Hall
Penrith
Cumbria CA11 7QF

[8]www.eden.gov.uk

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information and if you are not the intended recipient you must not copy,
distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this
email in error please notify the sender immediately by telephone on 01768
817817. Please also destroy and delete the message from your computer.

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