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Response A1345523 - Environmental Health

Response to request for information

Reference

A1345523

Response date

23 August 2021

Request

The following questions are related to enforcement activities against the private rented sector (PRS) in the local authority.

Please provide the answer to each question for 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21.

  1. The number of complaints received per year by tenants relating to private rented sector housing.
  2. The number of complaints received per year by tenants relating to social housing.
  3. The number of Housing, Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspections carried out per year.
  4. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Hazard Awareness Notices served on private rented sector (PRS) properties.
  5. How many improvement notices have been served in relation to Category 1 and/or Category 2 hazards on PRS properties. If possible, please list the total number of Improvement Notices served exclusively because of category 1 hazards.
  6. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Overcrowding Notice (Housing Act 2004 Part 2) on properties in the PRS.
  7. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Prohibition Orders served on PRS properties.
  8. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Emergency Remedial Action on PRS properties.
  9. The total number of prosecutions (excluding Civil Penalties) commenced on the above formal notices for each year.

Response

  1. The number of complaints received per year by tenants relating to private rented sector housing.
    • 2018-19 - 129
    • 2019-20 - 127
    • 2020-21 - 171
  2. The number of complaints received per year by tenants relating to social housing.
    • 2018-19 - Not known
    • 2019-20 - Not known
    • 2020-21 - Not known
  3. The number of Housing, Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspections carried out per year.
    • 2018-19 - Not known
    • 2019-20 - Not known
    • 2020-21 - Not known
  4. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Hazard Awareness Notices served on private rented sector (PRS) properties.
    • 2018-19 - 0
    • 2019-20 - 1
    • 2020-21 - 0
  5. How many improvement notices have been served in relation to Category 1 and/or Category 2 hazards on PRS properties. If possible, please list the total number of Improvement Notices served exclusively because of category 1 hazards.
    • 2018-19 - 2
    • 2019-20 - 2
    • 2020-21 - 3
  6. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Overcrowding Notice (Housing Act 2004 Part 2) on properties in the PRS.
    • 2018-19 - 0
    • 2019-20 - 0
    • 2020-21 - 0
  7. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Prohibition Orders served on PRS properties.
    • 2018-19 - 0
    • 2019-20 - 0
    • 2020-21 - 1
  8. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Emergency Remedial Action on PRS properties.
    • 2018-19 - 0
    • 2019-20 - 0
    • 2020-21 - 1
  9. The total number of prosecutions (excluding Civil Penalties) commenced on the above formal notices for each year.
    • 2018-19 - 0
    • 2019-20 - 0
    • 2020-21 - 0

FOI Responses Environmental Health 2021