Hi

We have recently received a request for information. We have allocated it
the reference FOI/739171/2018. Please quote this in any correspondance in
relation to this matter. 

For your information, this is what you requested:

Please can you tell me how many landlords have enforced section 21 ('no
fault' evictions) of the Housing Act 1988 on their tenants over the past
five years (2012-2017).

You should expect to hear from us within 20 working days

If we are are not able to provide the information, we will tell you why. 

Yours Sincerely

Adur and Worthing Councils

Dear Michael Hellyer

Thank you for your request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
 
Please find below Adur & Worthing Council's response to your request for
information.

Request: Please can you tell me how many landlords have enforced section
21 ('no fault' evictions) of the Housing Act 1988 on their tenants over
the past five years (2012-2017).

Response: The information that you have requested is not held in an easily
accessible format by the Council.

Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 makes provision for
public authorities to refuse requests for information where the cost of
dealing with them would exceed the appropriate limit, as defined by the
Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees)
Regulations 2004:

"12 Exemption where cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit

(1) Section 1(1) does not oblige a public authority to comply with a
request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of
complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit".

The Regulations provide that the appropriate limit to be applied to
requests received by local authorities is £450 (equivalent to 2.5 days of
work). In estimating the cost of complying with a request for information,
an authority can only take into account any reasonable costs incurred in:

"(a) determining whether it holds the information,

(b) locating the information, or a document which may contain the
information,

(c) retrieving the information, or a document which may contain the
information, and

(d) extracting the information from a document containing it".

For the purposes of the estimate the costs of performing these activities
should be estimated at a rate of £25 per hour.

We estimate that it will take us in excess of the applicable time limit to
determine the appropriate material and locate, retrieve and extract the
information in reference to your request. Therefore, your request will not
be processed further.

We are sorry that we could not assists you on this occasion.

If you are not satisfied with the response to your request for information
you have the right to an internal review. Details can be found on :
 [1]http://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/about-th...

If there are any, you can download any files / data using this link:

[2]Secure link to response files

Yours sincerely

Information Officer | Adur & Worthing Councils

Email: [Adur District Council request email] | Website:
[3]www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/about-the-councils/legal/foi/

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