Information request
Our reference: 53161541

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Dear Dan Wilson-Craw
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 25 June
2024  requesting:

Please can you inform me:

1) How many landlord licences has the council revoked in the last 5 years?
Please provide a breakdown by financial year, starting with 2019-20.

2) How many properties have been licensed in the borough/ council at 31
March in each of the last 5 years (2020-24)? Please provide a breakdown of
the following licenses:
a) Mandatory
b) Selective
c) Additional

3) What estimate has the council made of the number of licensable rental
properties that the council has not received a licence application for?
Please provide a breakdown of the following licences:
a) Mandatory
b) Selective
c) Additional

4) How many rented properties are currently licensed in the borough, as of
June 2024? Please provide a breakdown of the following licenses
a) Mandatory
b)Selective
c) Additional

5) How many a) prosecutions and b) civil penalties has the council
successfully pursued for each of the following housing related offences in
the last 10 years?:

i) Unlawful eviction or harassment, under s.1 Protection from Eviction Act
1977.

ii) Using or threatening violence for securing entry into premises, under
s.6 Criminal Law Act 1977.

iii) Failure to comply with an improvement notice, under s.30 Housing Act
2004.

iv) Failure to comply with a prohibition order, under s.32 Housing Act
2004.

v) Having control of, or managing, an unlicensed house in multiple
occupation, or breaching a condition of a license, under s.72 Housing Act
2004.

vi) Having control of, or managing, an unlicensed property, or breaching a
condition of a license, under s.95 Housing Act 2004.

vii) Failure to comply with HMO management regulations, under s.234
Housing Act 2004.
viii)Failure to comply with overcrowding notices or fire safety
regulations (HMOs only), under s.139 Housing Act 2004 and Art.32
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

ix) Breach of gas safety regulations, under s.33 Health and Safety at Work
etc Act 1974.

x) Breach of right to rent provisions (criminal prosecutions only), under
ss.33A and 33B Immigration Act 2014 (as amended by s.39 Immigration Act
2016.

xi) Requiring a 'relevant person' to make a prohibited payment (criminal
offence only), under s.12 Tenant Fees Act 2019.

6) How many landlords has the council given a landlord banning order in
the last 5 years? Please provide a breakdown by financial year, starting
2019-20.
 
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000  and we aim to send a response by 23 July 2024.
 
In some case, a fee may be payable. If we decide a fee is payable, we will
send you a fee notice and we will require you to pay the fee before
proceeding with your request.
 
The Freedom of Information Act 2000  may restrict the release of some or
all of the information you have requested. We will carry out an assessment
and if any exemptions  apply to some or all of the information then we
might not provide that information to you. We will inform you if this is
the case and advise you of your rights to request an internal review and
to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
 
We will also advise you if we cannot provide you with the information
requested for any other reason together with the reason(s) why and details
of how you may appeal (if appropriate).
 
Yours faithfully
 
 
Jane Jones
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
020 7364 2197
[email address]
 
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Information request
Our reference: 53161541

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Dear Dan Wilson-Craw
 
Your request for information has been considered under the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 
 
Please find attached our response to your request.

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:
 
Complaints and Information
Tower Hamlets Town Hall
160 Whitechapel Road
London
E1 1BJ
[email address] 

If you are still dissatisfied with the Council's response after the
internal review you have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner
at:
The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Website: www.ico.gov.uk

 
Yours faithfully
 
 
Jane Jones
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
020 7364 2197
[email address]
 
NOTE: Please do not edit the subject line when replying to this email.