Freedom of Information Request - Social Housing
To whom it may concern,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your organisation:
1) How many complaints relating to housing has your organisation received in the past five years (January 2016 to present)? How many of these cases are ongoing? [Please could you provide the data for each year e.g. 2016 “X” number of complaints, 2017 “X” number of complaints.]
2) How many staff members do you have working as part of your complaints resolution team or equivalent team?
3) How many social housing tenants (council house and housing association tenants) does your council have? How many social housing dwellings/properties (council house and housing association dwellings/properties) does your council have?
5) How much money has your organisation spent on housing repairs and maintenance each year for the past five years (Jan 2016-present)? [Please could you provide the data for each year e.g. 2016 “X” number, 2017 “X” number]
My preferred format for this data is CSV format.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone (07428474415) and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Best wishes,
Will Tullis
Reference: FOI-322159994
Date of request: 02/04/2021
Title of request: Social Housing
Dear Will Tullis,
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Reference: FOI-322159994
Date of request: 02/04/2021
Title of request: Social Housing
Dear Will Tullis,
Request for Information
Thank you for your request for information dated 2 April 2021 (received by
the Council that same date) which has been passed to me for attention.
You have requested the following information:
1) How many complaints relating to housing has your organisation received
in the past five years (January 2016 to present)? How many of these cases
are ongoing? [Please could you provide the data for each year e.g. 2016
“X” number of complaints, 2017 “X” number of complaints.]
2016 43 complaints
2017 103 complaints
2018 29 complaints
2019 48 complaints
2020 102 complaints
2) How many staff members do you have working as part of your complaints
resolution team or equivalent team?
N/A - we do not have such a team, complaints are handled by managers who
deal with complaints relating to their service area.
3) How many social housing tenants (council house and housing association
tenants) does your council have? How many social housing
dwellings/properties (council house and housing association
dwellings/properties) does your council have?
Unable to give figures for Housing Associations
Council:
Properties: 7710
Tenancies: 7365
(as at 14/4/2021)
5) How much money has your organisation spent on housing repairs and
maintenance each year for the past five years (Jan 2016-present)? [Please
could you provide the data for each year e.g. 2016 “X” number, 2017 “X”
number]
See attached spreadsheet. Data held for financial years only
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Yours sincerely
Maureen Stronach
Service Development Officer
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