NUMBER of INDIVIDUALS (PEOPLE ) and HOUSEHOLDS on the City Council HOUSING WAITING LIST
Dear Brighton and Hove City Council,
Please can you provide the following information under the Freedom Of information (F.O.I.) Act:-
1. The number of INDIVIDUALS/PEOPLE on the Brighton and Hove City Council Housing Waiting List for the following years/dates: 2017/18; 2018/19; 2019/20; 2020/21.
2. The number of HOUSEHOLDS on the Brighton and Hove City Council Housing Waiting List for the following years: 2017/18; 2018/19; 2019/20; 2020/21.
I would be grateful if you could provide these statistics/information in a clear and understandable format. If the current statistics are unavailable, please let me know when they will be available and any available up to date statistics (e.g. for the six month or nine month period of the most recent year) Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Rob Heale
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Dear Brighton and Hove City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Brighton and Hove City Council's handling of my FOI request 'NUMBER of INDIVIDUALS (PEOPLE ) and HOUSEHOLDS on the City Council HOUSING WAITING LIST'.
This is for two reasons:-
1. The Council previously provided information about the number of individuals (people) on the Housing Waiting List/Register in a response to a question made on 30th March 2020. This was titled "Number of INDIVIDUALS on the Council Housing Register/Waiting List". This was after an Internal Review found in my favour.
2. The statistics about the number of individual people on the Housing Waiting List/Register gives a better picture of the housing situation so those figures should be compiled and be available to the public.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/n...
Yours faithfully,
Rob Heale
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Dear Mr Heale
Thank you for your email requesting an internal review which was received
by us on the 31st May 2021. This has been referred to me as the
Information Rights Development Manager for Freedom of Information, to
consider and respond to.
I would like to apologise for the length of time to receive an
acknowledgement of your Internal Review Request.
I am investigating your request and have located the previous case you
referenced Number of individuals on the Council Housing Register/Waiting
List 5949589
I will be in touch in due course with a response to your request.
Kind regards,
Kat
Kat Pantlin
Information Rights Development Manager | Information Rights Team I
Customer, Modernisation & Performance Insight | Brighton & Hove City
Council
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Information requested by: Mr Rob Heale
Review carried out by:
Freedom of Information request
Our reference: 8403633
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Dear Mr Heale
Please see attached our response to your internal review.
The final decision of this review is that it we have partially upheld your
complaint.
If you are not content with the outcome of this Internal Review you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner's Office for a
further decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
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Yours sincerely
Kat Pantlin
Information Rights Development Manager
Information Rights Team
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