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Wandsworth Request for Information - 2021/5089 - HMO Licensing Enforcement

Thank you for your request for information received on 27/10/2021.

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Wandsworth Request for Information - 2021/5089 - HMO Licensing Enforcement

I refer to your request for information received on 27/10/2021.  Please
see the information below in response to your request: -

Q1] 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.

We have issued a total of 16 Civil Penalty Notices from 2018 to 2021.

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?

0

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?

0

Q4] Does the council have a process for making the decision referred to in
Q2], and if so, what is that process?

The process currently in place is that the Council will pursue RRO’s where
the tenant has been in receipt of Universal Credit.  Where the tenant has
not, the Council will provide advice as to how they can make a RRO claim.

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FOI and DPA Officer

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From: George Penny <[FOI #802642 email]>
Sent: 27 October 2021 16:37
To: FOI WBC <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - HMO Licensing Enforcement

Dear Wandsworth Borough Council,

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

Q1]

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.

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?

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?

Q4]

Does the council have a process for making the decision referred to in
Q2], and if so, what is that process?

Yours faithfully,

George Penny

Flat Justice

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