Sheffield Homes
Customer Care and Communications Team
PO Box 1918
Sheffield S1 2XX
Telephone: 0114 2930000/2053333

Your Ref: FOI0101

Date: 05th February 2013

Dear Ursela

Thank you for your recent request for the points you have listed below.

This has been logged as FOI0101 and will be dealt with as a Freedom of Information Request, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Act states that we must respond to you within 20 working days. We will respond to your request by 25th Feb 2013.

If you have any queries please contact me on 0114 2930000

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Alex Westran
Housing Co-ordinator
Customer Care and Communications Team

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Hi Ursela,

We are progressing part of your Freedom of Information request,
however the first part (as below) is already published information
and so does not fall under the Freedom of Information Act.

1) How many flats (inc Hi-rise) / maisonettes are there in your
current social housing stock as of 2013?

2) Qty & location of these properties (eg 534 lowedges,, 620
stannington etc etc)

We publish detailed information on our website anout the types of
property per area as part of a guide to waiting time for rehousing
and what properties go to priority.

The web address for this information is:

http://www.sheffieldhomes.org.uk/myHome/...

On the left of the page, you will find links to all the different
areas, if you click into the area and click either the waiting time
or priority link, you will see that an estate by estate breakdown
of all property types and numbers is given.

Please let me know if you have any problems accessing this
information.

Kind regards

Alex Westran Housing Coordinator - Feedback Howden House

Customer Care and Communications Sheffield Homes PO Box 483, M33
0DH T: 0114 293 0000

For further information to save you having to add all the figures
up, we have a total of 17,879 flats (including high rise and
maisonettes) in our current housing stock.

Regards Alex

Dear Ursela Serreen Hits,
 
Re: Your Recent Request for Information
 
I am writing in response to your recent request for information regarding
the Lansdowne/Hanover insulated cladding scheme, request number FOI0101.
 
Sheffield Homes would draw to your attention the provisions of Section
8(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 -
 
“8 Request for information..
 
(1)In this Act any reference to a “request for information” is a reference
to such a request which- .
(a)is in writing, .
(b)states the name of the applicant and an address for correspondence, and
.
(c)describes the information requested. “
 
Case law makes it clear that whilst an e-mail address is acceptable, the
use of a false name is not. Sheffield Homes have reasonable grounds to
consider that “Ursela Serreen Hits“ is a false name. Any request which is
made under a false name is invalid and Sheffield Homes could treat it as
not being made.  If this is not the case Sheffield Homes do apologise in
advance, however Sheffield Homes would require verification of your
identity, amongst other things to comply with its duty under the Fourth
Data Protection Principle
 
“4 Personal data shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.”
 
Sheffield Homes would be in breach of its duties under the Fourth Data
Protection Principle if it didn’t.
 
You can verify your identity by providing us with a clear colour photocopy
of a driving licence, passport  or other similar identity document to the
address set out above, which will be handled in accordance with the Data
Protection Act 1998. Alternatively you may in person bring the original to
a housing office or first point, to be verified by arrangement.  Once your
identity has been verified you will be provided with the information
requested in accordance with the terms of the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
 
If you wish to dispute the determination to seek to verify your identity,
you may do so through making an internal appeal against this
determination, and if dissatisfied with that you may then refer the matter
to the Information Commissioner at the following address.
 
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113 (or 01625 545745 if you would prefer not to call an
‘03’ number, or +44 1625 545745 if calling from overseas)
Fax: 01625 524510
    
I hope that you can promptly verify your identity and the Council
discharge its duty under Section 1 of the FOIA 2000. If you have any
further queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
 
Alex Westran
Housing Co-ordinator
Customer Care and Communications Team
 
 
Alex Westran
Housing Coordinator - Feedback
Howden House
 
Customer Care and Communications
Sheffield Homes
PO Box 483,
M33 0DH
T: 0114 27 35867
F: 0114 27 37736
 
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