LASPO S144 information

Cheshire East Council did not have the information requested.

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I request the following:
1. What information does this council/local authority hold on residential buildings(both council and privately owned) known to be or have been squatted since the introduction of section 144?
1. How many residential buildings(both council and privately owned) are known to be or have been squatted since the introduction of section 144(from 1st of November 2012 until now)? i.e. A Count of Offences of Squatting in a Residential Buildings in this Council/Local Authority
2. How many of the above properties have been evicted by police.
3. How much each of those evictions cost.

I would prefer to receive this information electronically,
preferably as a data set, eg. in Excel, not as a PDF.

If the decision is made to withhold some of this data using
exemptions in the Data Protection Act, please inform me of that
fact and cite the exemptions used.

If some parts of this request are easier to answer than others, I
would ask that you release the data that IS available as soon as
possible.

If you need any clarification then please do not hesitate to
contact me. Under Section 16 it is your duty to provide advice and
assistance and so I would expect you to contact me as soon as
possible if you find this request unmanageable in any way.

Yours faithfully,

Maria Stevens

FOI East, Cheshire East Council

Dear Ms Stevens

Thank you for your email.

It will be treated as a request for information within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act: this means that we will send you a full response within 20 working days, either supplying you with the information which you want, or explaining to you why we cannot supply it. The due date is 18/03/2014. If during this time this request is identified as a request under Environmental Information Regulations, then a further 20 working days may be applicable. If we need any further clarification or there is any problem we will be in touch.

In the meantime if you wish to discuss this further please contact me. It would be helpful if you could quote the log number 807892.

Yours sincerely

Martin Johnson
Customer Relations & Compliance
Cheshire East Council
Westfields
Middlewich Road
Sandbach
Cheshire
CW11 1HZ

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FOI East, Cheshire East Council

Dear Ms Stevens

 

Freedom of Information Request 807892.

 

Further to your recent request, I am pleased to provide the responses
below, as prepared for me by our Private Sector Housing Manager:

 

What information does this council/local authority hold on residential
buildings(both council and privately owned) known to be or have been
squatted since the introduction of section 144?

 

The Council does not hold information of any properties known to be or
have been squatted in since the introduction of section 144.

 

How many residential buildings(both council and privately owned) are known
to be or have been squatted since the introduction of section 144(from 1st
of November 2012 until now)? i.e. A Count of Offences of Squatting in a
Residential Buildings in this Council/Local Authority.

 

None

 

How many of the above properties have been evicted by police.

 

Not applicable

 

How much each of those evictions cost.

 

Not applicable

 

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review under the Freedom
of Information Act you should write to the Compliance Unit, Cheshire East
Council, Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 1HZ.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Martin Johnson

Customer Relations & Compliance

Cheshire East Council

 

 

 

 

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