Dear Alex,

Thank you for your email. Please can you clarify your request.

Do you mean?

"have many empty housed "houses" are in Hemel Hempstead?

Please clarify also:

Do you mean how much council tax income is lost due to second home relief?

Regards,

FOI DEPT.
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Dear Alex,
Thank you for your request.
Please note the Ref No/Target Date above - your request has been routed to the relevant department for consideration.
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The information in this message should be regarded as confidential and is intended for the addressee only unless explicitly stated. If you have received this message in error it must be deleted and the sender notified. The views expressed in this message are personal and not necessarily those of Dacorum Borough Council unless explicitly stated. Please be aware that emails sent to or received from Dacorum Borough Council may be intercepted and read by the council. Interception will only occur to ensure compliance with council policies or procedures or regulatory obligations, to prevent or deter crime, or for the purposes of essential maintenance or support of the email system.

Dear <name>

Thank you for your request dated 21 May 2019 for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You have requested the information set out in your email below. The Council’s response is:

There are currently 1,436 council tax properties which are registered as unoccupied and unfurnished within the borough of Dacorum.
There are also 315 properties which are registered as unoccupied and furnished. Please note that these may be "second homes" or they may be furnished lettings between tenants.
There is no lost council tax income for Dacorum Borough Council in relation to second homes, as the Council has determined a zero % level of discount for this status of property.

Further information explaining the Council’s process for responding to information requests is available on our website at www.dacorum.gov.uk/foi.

If you have any further queries or information needs or if you are unhappy about the way your request has been handled, please contact the Council’s information service at: [Dacorum Borough Council request email], quoting our FOI reference shown in the subject line of this email.

In accordance with Section 50 of the FOIA, you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision whether, in any specified respect, your request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of Part 1 of the FOIA. The Commissioner would make a decision on any application unless certain circumstances apply, one of which is that the relevant public authority’s complaints procedure has not been exhausted. The Information Commissioner’s contact details are as follows:-

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Yours sincerely

Chris Baker
Group Manager (Revenues, Benefits & Fraud)

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