Response 3748995

Response to request for information

Reference

3748995

Response date

4 June 2025

Request

1. The number of complaints received per year by tenants related to private rented sector housing for the following years:
   • 2023/2024
   • 2024/2025

2. The number of complaints received per year by tenants related to social housing for the following years:
   • 2023/2024
   • 2024/2025

3. The number of Housing, Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspections carried out per year on PRS properties for the following years:
   • 2023/2024
   • 2024/2025

If applicable: 3a) The total number of property licensing (selective and/or additional) inspections carried out per year on PRS properties for the following years:

• 2023/2024
• 2024/2025

4. How many improvement notices have been served in relation to Category 1 and/or Category 2 hazards on PRS properties per year for the following years:
   • 2023/2024
   • 2024/2025

If possible, please list the total number of Improvement Notices served exclusively because of category 1 hazards.

5. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Overcrowding Notices (Housing Act 2004 Part 2) on properties in the PRS for the following years:
   • 2023/2024
   • 2024/2025

6. Please state the year in which your local authority last carried out a Stock Condition Survey.

7. How many housing units in your local authority do you estimate to be in the Private Rented Sector?

Response

1. The number of complaints received per year by tenants related to private rented sector housing for the following years:
   • 2023/2024 - 171
   • 2024/2025 - 211

2. The number of complaints received per year by tenants related to social housing for the following years:
   • 2023/2024 - 75
   • 2024/2025 - 85

3. The number of Housing, Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspections carried out per year on PRS properties for the following years:
   • 2023/2024 - 3
   • 2024/2025 - 15

If applicable: 3a) The total number of property licensing (selective and/or additional) inspections carried out per year on PRS properties for the following years:

• 2023/2024 - 0
• 2024/2025 - 0

4. How many improvement notices have been served in relation to Category 1 and/or Category 2 hazards on PRS properties per year for the following years:
   • 2023/2024 - 2
   • 2024/2025 - 8

If possible, please list the total number of Improvement Notices served exclusively because of category 1 hazards.

5. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Overcrowding Notices (Housing Act 2004 Part 2) on properties in the PRS for the following years:
   • 2023/2024 - 0
   • 2024/2025 - 0

6. Please state the year in which your local authority last carried out a Stock Condition Survey. Not known

7. How many housing units in your local authority do you estimate to be in the Private Rented Sector? Not known