Environmental Health Officers

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Dear Sir or Madam,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

For each of the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 please provide me with the following:

1. The total number of staff employed (directly or indirectly) by the local authority to inspect residential properties for category 1 or 2 hazards.

2. Of (1), the total number who were qualified Environmental Health Officers.

3. The total number of inspections carried out by either (1) or (2) to see whether category 1 or 2 hazards exist in residential properties which are owned by the council or social housing providers, or privately rented. (Please refer to section four of the Housing Act 2004 if in doubt about the nature of the inspections.)

4. The total number of complaints that the local authority has received about hazards or poor conditions in residential properties which are owned by the council or social housing providers, or privately rented.

I would like to receive the information in a spreadsheet. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad, I would be grateful if you could contact me by email or telephone (07480728436) and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request.

Thank you,

Adam Bychawski

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PA to Director Of Housing, Gravesham Borough Council

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Dear Mr Bychawski

 

Thank you for your communication of 8 June 2023, in which you requested
information regarding staff employed to inspect residential properties for
hazards and which has been allocated the reference number GFOI023636
(Hazard Inspections). Please use this reference in any future
communication regarding this request.

 

The response to your request is attached to this email.

 

I trust this information is to your satisfaction, however, if you are
dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask
for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted
within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original
letter and should be addressed to: Freedom of Information Officer, Civic
Centre, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1AU, or email
[1][email address] .

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, under
Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act or Environmental Information
Regulations, you have the right to apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

Daniel Killian

Director (Housing)

 

 

Sent on behalf of Daniel Killian by:

Jess Reeves

Personal Assistant to:

Daniel Killian, Director (Housing)

(Thursdays and Fridays only – jobshare with Tracy Harman)

Gravesham Borough Council

Civic Centre, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1AU.

Tel: 01474 337194

email: [2][email address]

web: [3]www.gravesham.gov.uk

 

 

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information and is intended solely for the individual to whom it is
addressed. It may contain sensitive or protectively marked material and
should be handled accordingly.

Nothing in this email message amounts to a contractual or other legal
commitment on the part of Gravesham Borough Council. If this Email has
been misdirected, please notify the author immediately. If you are not the
intended recipient you must not disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely
on any of the information contained in it or attached, and all copies must
be deleted immediately.

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any attachments to this Email may nevertheless contain viruses which our
anti-virus software has failed to identify. You should therefore carry out
your own anti-virus checks before opening any documents. Gravesham Borough
Council will not accept any liability for damage caused by computer
viruses emanating from any attachment or other document supplied with this
e-mail.

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and / or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation.

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