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Dear George Penny,

I refer to the FOI you submitted to Winchester City Council on Friday
21^st January as detailed below and I have detailed my answers in red
within the body of your questions.

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Kevin Reed

Senior Private Sector Housing Officer

Housing and Inclusion

Winchester City Council

Colebrook Street

Winchester, SO23 9LJ

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“Dear Winchester City Council,

I would be grateful if you could supply the following information:

Q1]

Since 6th April 2017, how many convictions was the council aware of (in
relation to its housing area) to which Chapter 4 (Rent Repayment Orders)
of The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (HaPA) applied? These convictions
should include any Civil Penalty Notice (CPN) issued by the council.

The council has not conducted any prosecutions in respect of Rent
Repayments Orders since 6th April 2017, although we did give guidance to a
group of students on how they themselves could apply for a RRO.

However, in respect of Civil Penalty Notices (CPNs) we in Private Sector
Housing issued the following number of CPNs:

2018/2019 - 0

2019/2020 - 3

2020/2021 – 1

2021/2022 – 0 so far

Q2]

Of the convictions the council was aware of in answer to Q1, how many did
the council consider for a Rent Repayment Order application by the
council? None

Q3]

Of the convictions the council was aware of in answer to Q1, for how many
did the council make a Rent Repayment Order application? None

Q4]

Does the council have a process for making the decision referred to in
Q2], and if so, what is that process? See section 12, page 33 of the
attached Enforcement Policy

Yours faithfully,

George Penny
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