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Prosecutions of ‘rogue landlords’ between January 2015 and July 2022

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Oliver Murphy
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Dear FOI Team,

I write under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act to request data relating to the number of ‘rogue landlords’ successful prosecuted between January 2015 and July 2022.

In the context of this request, the term ‘rogue landlord’ is defined as a landlord who ‘knowingly flouts their obligations by renting our unsafe and substandard accommodation to tenants, many of whom may be vulnerable.'

As part of this, I would like the information broken down into the following:

i) The number of rogue landlords not complying with safety regulations identified by this authority between January 2016 and July 2022;

ii) Of this amount, the number of rogue landlords not complying with safety regulations that were successfully prosecuted during the requested time frame;

iii) Of the total amount, the number of rogue landlords not complying with safety regulations that were unsuccessfully prosecuted during the requested time frame;

iv) Of the total amount, how many rogue landlords not complying with safety regulations that have been punished via other means, e.g. fines.

Please present the information in Excel format.

Yours faithfully,

Oliver Murphy

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FOI Vale, Vale of White Horse District Council

Dear Oliver Murphy

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by Vale of White Horse District Council on 26 September 2022.

Please accept this email as confirmation that your request has been received and is being considered by the relevant department and that a response will be sent to you within 20 working days, subject to the information not being exempt and subject to any need for clarification.

The deadline for this will be 24 October 2022

The reference number for this request is Vale 22/804

I trust that this email is sufficient to assure you that your request is being dealt with. However, should you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team at [Vale of White Horse District Council request email]

Kind regards

Information Governance Team

Legal & Democratic Services
Vale of White Horse District Council
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Calvert, Cynthia,

Dear Oliver,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information requests which were received by
both South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District
Council, logged under 2022/801 South Oxfordshire and 2022/804 Vale of
White Horse. Please note that the two councils operate as a shared service
hence this joint response.

 

Under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 2000 Act) you
are entitled to be informed in writing whether the council holds the
information specified in your request and, if that is the case, to have
that information communicated to you unless any of the statutory
exemptions apply. I have considered your request and can confirm we do
hold some of the information asked and I do not believe any of the
statutory exemptions apply to your request. Please find below the
information you requested (where available).

 

i)                    The number of rogue landlords not complying with
safety regulations identified by this authority between January 2016 and
July 2022;

 

We do not hold a record of the number of landlords who have not complied
with safety regulations separately form the total number of service
requests received by the team. Not all service requests received by the
team are complaints about housing standards/housing offences, i.e. licence
applications.

 

  South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse
1 Jan-16 – 31 Jul-22 Information not held Information not held

 

ii)                   Of this amount, the number of rogue landlords not
complying with safety regulations that were successfully prosecuted during
the requested time frame;

 

Records of prosecutions are kept separately from numbers of service
requests received so it is possible to provide this information.

 

  South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse
1 Jan-16 – 31 Jul-22 0 0

 

iii)                 Of the total amount, the number of rogue landlords
not complying with safety regulations that were unsuccessfully prosecuted
during the requested time frame;

 

Records of prosecutions are kept separately from numbers of service
requests received so it is possible to provide this information.

 

  South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse
1 Jan-16 – 31 Jul-22 0 1

 

iv)                 Of the total amount, how many rogue landlords not
complying with safety regulations that have been punished via other means,
e.g. fines.

 

Records of fines are kept separately from numbers of service requests
received so it is possible to provide this information.

 

  South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse
1 Jan-16 – 31 Jul-22 0 0

 

Please treat this as the councils’ formal response under the 2000 Act.  If
you are not satisfied with the decision I have made in response to your
request, you can make a request for an internal review by emailing
[1][email address] and [2][Vale of White Horse District Council request email]  within 40 working
days from the date we issued our response. If you remain dissatisfied
after following that procedure, you have the right under Section 50 of the
2000 Act to complain to the Information Commissioner if you feel the
council has not dealt with your request properly. You can contact the
Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
(telephone number: 01625 545745). You can also find further information at
[3]www.ico.org.uk.

 

Kind regards,

 

Cynthia

 

 

Cynthia Calvert

Private Sector Housing Team Leader

Private Sector Housing

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils

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