FOI: Large Panel System (LPS) buildings

Stoke on Trent City Council did not have the information requested.

Dear Stoke on Trent City Council,

Following the letter sent by the Department for Communities and Local Government regarding the safety of Large Panel System (LPS) buildings, can you provide details of the last time you carried out a structural survey of LPS blocks, what the survey found, and whether any action was taken as a result.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...

Can you also provide a list of the names of LPS blocks the organisation owns, and which LPS blocks have been demolished while under your organisation's control.

Yours faithfully,

Basia Cummings

FOI, Stoke on Trent City Council

Dear Basia Cummings

 

Your request for information ref. SOT70879

 

Thank you for your request for information about the safety of Large Panel
System buildings.  Your request was received by the Information Rights
Team on 03 August 2018.  This is being dealt with under the terms of the
appropriate Information Rights legislation.

 

In some circumstances we may charge for information.  If there is a charge
we will let you know, as you will have to pay it before we deal with your
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possible.  If another person or organisation is named in the information,
we may have to ask their opinion before we decide what we can give you.

 

You should expect to receive a response to your request on or before 03
September 2018 in line with the legislation's 20 working day statutory
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Yours sincerely

 

Information Rights Team

 

Information Rights

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Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1HH

City of Stoke-on-Trent 

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FOI, Stoke on Trent City Council

Dear Basia Cummings

 

Your request for information ref. SOT70879 about the safety of Large Panel
System buildings.

 

We have now considered your request and a copy of the information is
enclosed below.

 

The information supplied may be used for domestic or journalistic
purposes.  Its use for commercial gain including issuing to the public,
social media or computer blogs may be subject to the issue of a licence
under the Reuse of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.

 

Following the letter sent by the Department for Communities and Local
Government regarding the safety of Large Panel System (LPS) buildings, can
you provide details of the last time you carried out a structural survey
of LPS blocks, what the survey found, and whether any action was taken as
a result. 

Can you also provide a list of the names of LPS blocks the organisation
owns, and which LPS blocks have been demolished while under your
organisation's control.

 

Response: The City Council do not own any LPS blocks.

 

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to: The Information Rights Manager, Information Rights
Team, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Floor 2, Civic Centre, Glebe Street,
ST4 1HH, or email [1][Stoke on Trent City Council request email].

 

If, after contacting us, you are not content with the outcome, you may ask
the Information Commissioner for a decision.  Before doing this, please
see the following link for guidance from the Information Commissioner
relating to how to use your information rights responsibly and
effectively, to enable you to gain the best outcome from the process -
[2]http://ico.org.uk/for_the_public.

 

Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you
have already used our internal review procedure. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, tel: 0303 123
1113 or you can visit their website at [3]www.ico.gov.uk/complaints.aspx.

 

You can find details of how we handle your personal information by
visiting [4]www.stoke.gov.uk/dataprotection.

Yours sincerely

 

Information Rights Team

 

Information Rights

City of Stoke-on-Trent

Floor 2  Civic Centre  Glebe Street  Stoke-on-Trent  ST4 1HH

T: 01782 232853, 01782 233020, 01782 233732, 01782 235965

E: [5][Stoke on Trent City Council request email]

 

Request

Dear Stoke on Trent City Council,

Following the letter sent by the Department for Communities and Local
Government regarding the safety of Large Panel System (LPS) buildings, can
you provide details of the last time you carried out a structural survey
of LPS blocks, what the survey found, and whether any action was taken as
a result. 

[6]https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...

Can you also provide a list of the names of LPS blocks the organisation
owns, and which LPS blocks have been demolished while under your
organisation's control.

Yours faithfully,

Basia Cummings

 

 

 
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housing repair and report a pothole at a time and place that’s convenient
for you at www.stoke.gov.uk 

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