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Evictions and Out-of-Area Rehousing of Council Tenants affected by Welfare Reform

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Katherine Johnson

Dear Lancaster City Council,

I am seeking information about the potential impact of central government welfare reform policies on eviction rates and geographical displacement of households with council housing tenancies. My information request relates to three welfare reform policies:

- Under-Occupancy (also known as Removal of Spare Room Subsidy / Bedroom Tax)

- The Benefit Cap

- Universal Credit roll-out

I understand that under Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 there is a duty to assist and advise the requester. I would appreciate your advice if you think my request needs any clarification in order to get the information that I am looking for, or if it would exceed the cost limit in its present form.

1. Please provide an annual breakdown since April 2010 of the total number of unique council tenancies - including the total number of people recorded as living in them - that have been evicted due to the non-payment of rent arrears.

2. For each year of this annual breakdown since April 2013, please disclose how many of these evicted households - including the total number of people recorded as living in them - had at some point been affected by:

a. Under-occupancy

b. Under-occupancy and the Benefit Cap

c. Under-occupancy and the Benefit Cap and Universal Credit roll-out

3. How many of the evicted households affected by a, b, or c - including the total number of people recorded as living in them - went on to make a successful homelessness application to the local authority?

4. Of these successful homeless applications, please disclose how many households - including the total number of people recorded as living in them - were placed in temporary accommodation in a different local authority area and disclose the destination local authority area in each case.

Yours faithfully,

Katherine Johnson

info, Lancaster City Council

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Dear Ms Johnson,

I write to confirm receipt of your request for information, which was
received on 23rd January 2018 and is now being processed under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000. Your request has been given the unique reference
number as stated in the subject header above and you should quote this
reference number in all correspondence. You should receive our response
within 20 working days; this means that you can expect to receive the
requested information by 20th February 2018. If we are unable to deal with
your request within that time limit or the Council does not hold the
information or there is a reason for it to be withheld, we will promptly
advise you in writing.

If you have any queries or concerns then please do not hesitate to contact
me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Kind regards,

 

Clay Garland

Information Governance Officer

Governance

Lancaster City Council

Town Hall, Dalton Square, LA1 1PJ

(: (01524) 582204

8: [1][email address]

 

 

[2]www.lancaster.gov.uk

 

 

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info, Lancaster City Council

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Dear Ms Johnson,

Freedom of Information Request - Ref: FOI 1463

Thank you for your request received on 23rd January 2018 in which you
asked for the following information from the City Council:

 

1.    Please provide an annual breakdown since April 2010 of the total
number of unique council tenancies - including the total number of people
recorded as living in them - that have been evicted due to the non-payment
of rent arrears.

2.    For each year of this annual breakdown since April 2013, please
disclose how many of these evicted households - including the total number
of people recorded as living in them - had at some point been affected by:

a.    Under-occupancy

b.    Under-occupancy and the Benefit Cap

c.     Under-occupancy and the Benefit Cap and Universal Credit roll-out

3.    How many of the evicted households affected by a, b, or c -
including the total number of people recorded as living in them - went on
to make a successful homelessness application to the local authority?

4.    Of these successful homeless applications, please disclose how many
households - including the total number of people recorded as living in
them - were placed in temporary accommodation in a different local
authority area and disclose the destination local authority area in each
case.

 

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

 

Response

 

1.    2010: 13

2011: 11

2012: 12

2013: 19

2014: 18

2015: 14

2016: 22

2017: 18

2018 (to date): 2

 

We do not hold the number of people living in these tenancies in a
systematically retrievable form, and also have no guarantee that our
information on the number of occupants (as opposed to the number of people
on the tenancy agreement) is correct at the time of the eviction.

 

2.    We do not hold this information.

 

3.    We do not hold this information.

 

4.    We do not hold this information.

 

 

If you have any queries or concerns about this response, please contact
this office. For details of how to appeal a decision we have made, see
below.

 

 

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a decision as to whether we answered your request correctly.

 

If you would like to request a review, please write or send an email to
the Council at the following address:

 

Information Governance

Lancaster City Council

Town Hall

Dalton Square

Lancaster

LA1 1PJ

 

Email:  [1][Lancaster City Council request email]

 

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right to apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office.  The Commissioner
is an independent regulator who has the power to direct us to respond to
your request differently if he considers that we have handled it
incorrectly.

 

You can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at the following
address:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 if you prefer to use a
national rate number

Website:  [2]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

 

 

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be subject to copyright protection. In most cases the copyright will be
owned by Lancaster City Council. The copyright in other information may be
owned by another person or organisation, as indicated on the information
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For information where the copyright is owned by Lancaster City Council,
please contact this office if you would like to request permission.

 

For information where the copyright is owned by another person or
organisation you must apply to the copyright owner to obtain their
permission.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Clay Garland

Information Governance Officer

Governance

Lancaster City Council

Town Hall, Dalton Square, LA1 1PJ

(: (01524) 582204

8: [3][email address]

 

 

[4]www.lancaster.gov.uk

 

 

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