Data behind recent media report
Dear South Norfolk District Council,
A recent press release from SNDC reported that 850 affordable homes had been delivered in South Norfolk in the last 18 months. The figure was subsequently reported in the EDP.
I believe that this figure is derived from merging government data from several different categories of affordable housing statistics (as the 850 figure cannot be found from any single dataset to which I have been so far).
Please provide the exact derivation of this figure, giving full reference to the source government datasets (ie URL to the spreadsheet).
As your housing department has already made this calculation for your media release, there is little work required to fulfil this request, and I would appreciate this data being provided promptly (and sooner than the standard 20 day period).
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Boswell
Dear Andrew
Thank you for your request of information which is being considered. You may be aware that we have to respond to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests within 20 working days and as soon as is reasonably practicable, therefore you will receive a response by 18 November 2016 or earlier.
For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions, which may prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then some or all of the information may not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your rights of appeal.
If any of the information you have requested is not contained in a recorded format, South Norfolk Council is not obliged to create information for the purpose of responding to your request
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Regards
Emma Goddard
Senior Governance Officer
t 01508 533943 e [email address] www.south-norfolk.gov.uk
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Dear Andrew
I understand that Councillor Bendle responded to a similar query from yourself on 21 October 2016 and we do not have any additional information to disclose to you in relation to your request below. I hope you found Councillor Bendle's response satisfactory; please let me know if you have any further queries.
Regards
Emma Goddard
Senior Governance Officer
t 01508 533943 e [email address] www.south-norfolk.gov.uk
South Norfolk Council - Investors In People | Gold
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