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Information request
Our reference: IR271981

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Request details:  FOI :- HMOs in your borough .
 
We acknowledge receipt of your request for information that was received
on27 February 2019.

We are dealing with your request and aim to respond within 20 working
days, by 27 March 2019.
Thank you for your interest in Lambeth Council.
 
 
Yours sincerely

Debra Naylor
 
 
Freedom of Information Team
London Borough of Lambeth
E-mail: [email address]
website: www.lambeth.gov.uk
 
Lambeth - the co-operative council
 

Dear Ms Wiltshire

 

Thank you for your request for information received on 27 February 2019. 
This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 
 Please find below our response to the information you requested, which
was:

 

Dear Lambeth Borough Council,

 

I would like a list of licensed HMOs in your borough please, with the
landlord/freeholders contact details.

 

 

Our Response

 

A copy of Lambeth Council’s HMO register can be found on our website at:
[1]https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/housing-and-r...

 

Company addresses and contact numbers for relevant licence holders are
already accessible via general internet searches.  Personal addresses and
contact numbers for individual owners / non-company licence holders have
been withheld because we consider disclosure would breach the first
principle of the Data Protection Act and therefore engage Section 40:
Personal Data to this request.

 

The definition of personal data is set out in provision 3 of the Data
Protection Act 2018 as follows:-

 

(2)“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or
identifiable living individual

 

(3)“Identifiable living individual” means a living individual who can be
identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to—

(a)an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data
or an online identifier, or

(b)one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic,
mental, economic, cultural or social identity of the individual.

 

I have considered whether it would be fair to disclose the information
including whether disclosure would cause any unnecessary or unjustified
damage or distress to the individual concerned; the individual’s
reasonable expectations of what would happen to their information; and
balancing the rights and freedoms of the data subject with legitimate
interests.

 

In this case, I can confirm that it would not be fair to the individuals
to disclose information about their personal addresses as they have a
reasonable expectation for this information to be used and processed by
the Council only as part of our administrative duties.

 

I do not consider that the individuals would expect the Council to
disclose any information which may allow their personal addresses to be
identified. Although I acknowledge the legitimate interest in disclosing
general information relating to licence holders I do not consider the
legitimate interest overrides the rights and freedoms of the individual on
this occasion.

 

Information on registered Houses in Multiple Occupation in Lambeth is
published on the Council’s website quarterly, or as soon as practicable
thereafter.  We have therefore not provided the data for as at the date of
your request as we believe that the following exemption applies: Section
22 (Information intended for future publication).  Section 22 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 states at the time a public authority
receives a request for it, (1) Information is exempt information if—

 

(a) the information is held by the public authority with a view to its
publication, by the authority or any other person, at some future date
(whether determined or not),

 

(b) the information was already held with a view to such publication at
the time when the request for information was made, and

 

(c) it is reasonable in all the circumstances that the information should
be withheld from disclosure until the date referred to in paragraph (a).

 

The application of this exemption is subject to a public interest test.   

 

Public interest test considerations

 

Factors in favour of disclosure

 

·        Lambeth Council acknowledges that disclosure would increase
transparency and improve the public’s understanding of this issue.

 

 

Factors in favour of maintaining the exemption

 

·        Allowing the proper running of the organisation in accordance
with established practices and following procedures set down to publish
information held.

·        The timetable properly requires internal or limited consideration
of the information prior to its public release.

 

The public interest in maintaining the exemption remains as there is a
clear timetable set for the additional information to be published and to
do so any sooner would divert Council resources in officer time and
circumvent the due process for ratification of the information.

 

In accordance with Section 17 FOIA this correspondence represents a
Refusal Notice.

 

If you have a specific enquiry that you would like to submit to the
council’s Housing Environmental Health Team, then you may wish to contact
them via email to: [2][email address] or by telephone on: 020
7926 4444 or 020 7926 4018.

 

 

Right to Review

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your Freedom of Information
request has been dealt with you can request an internal review.  Tell us
why you are unhappy with our response within 40 working days, and it will
be looked at afresh. We will aim to provide you with our review response
within 20 working days.

 

By email: [3][email address] (Please quote the reference number above)
or by writing to:

 

Freedom of Information
London Borough of Lambeth

P.O. Box 734

Winchester

S023 5DG

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of the review you have a
further right to appeal to the Information Commissioner, which regulates
the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act.  The Commissioner
can be contacted at the following address:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Enquiry line: 0303 123 1113

 

Website: [4]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

 

Thank you for your interest in Lambeth Council.

 

Corporate Complaints Unit

London Borough of Lambeth

Finance and Resources Department

Team Tel:  020 7926 0547

Website: [5]www.lambeth.gov.uk

 

 

Copyright

 

Some of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of
Information Act 2000 requests will be subject to copyright protection. In
most cases the copyright will be owned by Lambeth Council.

 

Applications for permission to reproduce extracts in published works,
should be made to the Freedom of Information Co-ordinator, London Borough
of Lambeth, P.O. Box 734, Winchester, S023 5DG.  Email:
[6][email address]

 

You are free to use any information supplied for your own non-commercial
research or private study purposes. The information may also be used for
any other purpose allowed by a limitation or exception in copyright law,
such as news reporting.

 

However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing the
information in analogue or digital form, including on the internet, will
require the permission of the copyright owner.

 

The copyright in other information may be owned by another person or
organisation, is indicated on the information itself.  For information
where the copyright is owned by another person or organisation you must
apply to the copyright owner to obtain their permission.

 

Direct Marketing

 

If an organisation intends to use personal names and addresses from what
has been supplied to you for direct marketing, the organisation needs to
be registered with the Information Commissioner to process Personal Data
for this purpose.

 

Organisations must also check that the individual (whom you wish to
contact for direct marketing purposes) is not registered with one of the
Preference Services to prevent Direct Marketing, if they are you must
adhere to this Preference. Follow this Link [https://ico.org.uk/] for more
information. 

 

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