Information request
Our reference: 58253792

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Dear Eleesha Taylor-Barrett
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 27 January
2025  requesting:

Under the Freedom of Information Act/Environmental Information
Regulations, I would like to request the following information:

-The number of complaints against private landlords submitted to x
council, each year, between January 1st 2022 - December 31st 2024

-The number of fines issued and prosecution (by x council) taken forward
against private landlords, each year, between January 1st 2022 - December
31st 2024

-The number of inspections carried out by housing enforcement officers of
rental properties, each year, between Jan 1st 2022 - December 31st 2024

-The current effective number of full-time housing enforcement officers
you have on payroll as of January 2025. If an enforcement officer is
part-time, or they work as an enforcement officer for only part of their
working hours, please count them as a proportionate fraction of an
officer.

-The number of these officers who have received training as part of the
London Mayor's Better Renting Programme (such as the CIEH accredited
course at Middlesex University).

-The total number of officers employed by the council, trained to that
level in the last 5 years.
 
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000  and we aim to send a response by 24 February 2025.
 
In some case, a fee may be payable. If we decide a fee is payable, we will
send you a fee notice and we will require you to pay the fee before
proceeding with your request.
 
The Freedom of Information Act 2000  may restrict the release of some or
all of the information you have requested. We will carry out an assessment
and if any exemptions  apply to some or all of the information then we
might not provide that information to you. We will inform you if this is
the case and advise you of your rights to request an internal review and
to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
 
We will also advise you if we cannot provide you with the information
requested for any other reason together with the reason(s) why and details
of how you may appeal (if appropriate).
 
Yours faithfully
 
 
Jane Jones
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
020 7364 2197
[email address]
 
NOTE: Please do not edit the subject line when replying to this email.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Information request
Our reference: 58253792

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Dear Eleesha Taylor-Barrett
Your request for information has been considered under the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I can confirm that the information requested is held by Tower Hamlets
Council and is attached to this email. 

The information has also been put on the [1]Council's Disclosure Log,
where you can also search for information supplied on other topics.

The Council's website www.towerhamlets.gov.uk contains a section on the
Freedom of Information Act that lists other publications readily available
from the Council under its Publication Scheme.

Conditions for the re-use of information where the copyright is owned by
the London Borough of Tower Hamlets can be found on our website.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to:
 
Complaints and Information
Tower Hamlets Town Hall
160 Whitechapel Road
London
E1 1BJ
[email address] 
 
If you are still dissatisfied with the Council's response after the
internal review you have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner
at:
The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Website: www.ico.gov.uk 
 

Yours faithfully
 
 
Jane Jones
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
020 7364 2197
[email address]
 
 

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