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Freedom of Information request reference number: FOIA5126.1
Date of response: 19 June 2020
Request and response:
1) How many fire safety audits were undertaken by the LFB Fire Safety Regulatory department
during;
a) 2017/2018
b) 2018/2019
c) 2019/2020
The LFB provide the Home Office with lots of statistics about fire safety audits. This information is
published through thei
r website. The specific Fire Safety audit data can be downloaded in spreadsheet
form via this link:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/
835118/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire1202-031019.xlsx
This spreadsheet provides the number of fire safety audits undertaken by the LFB in 2017/18 and
2018/19 (under ‘
Greater London’). Please see the figures for 2019/20 below:
Fiscal Year
Number of Fire Safety Audits
2019/20
8,021
2) Of those fire safety audits, how many Alterations Notices pursuant to S29 of the RR(FSO) 2005
were served during;
a) 2017/2018
b) 2018/2019
c) 2019/2020
T
he spreadsheet on the Home Office website provides the number of Alteration Notices issued by the
LFB in 2017/18 and 2018/19. Please see the figures for 2019/20 below:
Fiscal Year
Number of Notice of Alterations Notices issued
2019/20
1
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3) Of those fire safety audits, how many Enforcement Notices pursuant to S30 of the RR(FSO) 2005
were served during;
a) 2017/2018
b) 2018/2019
c) 2019/2020
T
he spreadsheet on the Home Office website provides the number of Enforcement Notices and
informal notifications (NODs) issued by the LFB in 2017/18 and 2018/19. Please see the figures for
2019/20 below:
Fiscal Year
Number of Enforcement Notices issued
2019/20
416
Number of Notice of Deficiencies (NOD) issued
Fiscal Year
(informal notifications)
2019/20
1,986
4) Of those fire safety audits, how many Prohibition Notices pursuant to S31 of the RR(FSO) 2005
were served during;
a) 2017/2018
b) 2018/2019
c) 2019/2020
T
he spreadsheet on the Home Office website provides the number of Prohibition (which includes
Restriction) notices issued by the LFB in 2017/18 and 2018/19. Please see the figures for 2019/20
below:
Fiscal Year
Number of Prohibition & Restriction Notices issued
2019/20
59
5) Of those fire safety audits, how many prosecutions were attempted for any breach of the RR(FSO)
2005 during;
a) 2017/2018 -
b) 2018/2019
c) 2019/2020
Our Fire Safety regulatory team have provided the number of prosecutions attempted as below:
Fiscal Year
Number of Prosecutions Attempted
2017/18
67
2018/19
44
2019/20
57
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6) Of those attempted prosecutions for any breach of the RR(FSO) 2005, how many prosecutions
resulted in a guilty verdict being reached during;
a) 2017/2018
b) 2018/2019
c) 2019/2020
T
he spreadsheet on the Home Office website provides the number of successful prosecutions by the
LFB in 2017/18 and 2018/19. Please see the figures for 2019/20 below:
Fiscal Year
Number of Successful Prosecutions
2019/20
4
This request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If you are dissatisfied by
this response you can request an internal review by writing to the Head of Information Management at
the address below (or emai
l xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx). Further information about your information rights (including how to raise a concern or make a
complaint) is available from the Information Commissioner’s Office on their website at www.ico.org.uk
or by writing to them at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
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