Social Housing

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Tower Hamlets Borough Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Tower Hamlets Borough Council,

Can you tell me the percentage of social housing that has been built in the last 5 years for local residents compared to private housing.

Yours faithfully,

Ana

Sayed Khan, Tower Hamlets Borough Council

Dear Ana

 

Thank you for your email.

 

Your request is being considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days as required by the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

 

If the time taken to meet your request is likely to exceed 18 hours, we
will likely refuse to provide the information.  In that case, we will try
to contact you and offer advice and assistance on how to amend your
request to bring it below this time limit.

 

Regards

 

Sayed Khan

Complaints and Information Officer | Legal Services

Corporate Complaints and Information Governance

Law, Probity and Governance

 

T: 0207 364 4164

 

The Town Hall

Mulberry Place

5 Clove Crescent

London E14 2BG

 

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Dear Sayed Khan,

The answer to my question is so long overdue.

The question was

"Can you tell me the percentage of social housing that has been
built in the last 5 years for local residents compared to private
housing"

I seem to remember that Rabina Khan was in charge of housing. Perhaps Rabina has an answer to my question. If so can you possibly ask her.

Yours sincerely,

ana

Jane L Jones, Tower Hamlets Borough Council

Sorry, the response seems to have gone astray, copy below.
 
 
Dear Sir/Madam
 
Your request for information has been considered under the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please see below.
 
 
 
FOI 13032 social/private housing
 
Request
 
Can you tell me the percentage of social housing that has been built in
the last 5 years for local residents compared to private housing.
 
 
Response
 
There is not an official record from Council data to show the percentage
of new affordable homes compared to homes for private sale.  The Council
is required to collect and report on information regarding how we are
meeting the regional housing targets as set in the London Plan.  The
Council’s performance in this regard can be found in the Annual Monitoring
Reports which can be accessed from the Tower Hamlets website at this
location:
[1]http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/451-...
 
 
 
 
You can also search our Disclosure Log for any specific topics of interest
[2]http://towerhamletsfoi.org.uk/disclosure...
 
The Council’s website [3]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 [4]copyright is owned
by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets can be found on our website.
 
If you are unhappy with this response or wish to complain about any aspect
of the handling of this request please write to:
 
Corporate Complaints Unit
Tower Hamlets Town Hall
Mulberry Place
5 Clove Crescent
London E14 2BG
[5][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:
 
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
[6]www.ico.org.uk
 
Regards
 
 
Jane Jones
Information Governance Administrative Officer
Legal Services
6th Floor
Mulberry Place
London E14 2BG
020 7364 4736
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Dan left an annotation ()

The question was about "Social housing" but the answer here is about "Affordable housing". Unfortunately the reports linked from the answer only talk about "Social/affordable housing" - they don't separate those categories.

Dear Sayed Khan,

I believe at council meetings the information given breaks down into 3 categories.
Private,
Affordable and
Social housing.

Can you please give me the % of social housing compared to private and affordable housing.

Ana

Yours sincerely,

ana

Sayed Khan, Tower Hamlets Borough Council

Thank you for your email.

I am out of the office today, please direct any urgent queries to the
Corporate Complaints and Information team on 0207 364 4161

Kind regards,

Sayed Khan

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