Environmental Health Officers
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
Dear Adam
I refer to your Freedom of Information request to which I am now in a
position to respond on behalf of South Norfolk Council. My response is
outlined in the attached table.
I hope this is of assistance and is sufficient to meet your requirements,
but if, for whatever reason you wish to get back to me, please feel free
to do so. In particular if you are unhappy with the information provided
or how your request was handled, please let me know and I will explain how
you can request an internal review of our decision.
Please quote SFOI 23-231 in any further correspondence concerning this
request.
Regards.
Tracy Brady
Civic Officer
t 01508 535321 e [email address]
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