Response 3794412

Response to request for information

Reference

3794412

Response date

15 August 2025

Request

1. The average time (in days) the households currently in the highest priority band on the council’s social housing register have been in that specific priority band for (thus excluding any time they may have previously spent in other bands) 
2. The number of households included in the question 1 data 
3. The question 1 figure excluding backdated households
4. The number of households included in the question 3 data (i.e. excluding backdated households)
5. The average time (in days) the households currently in the second-highest priority band on the council’s social housing register have been in that specific priority band for (thus excluding any time they may have previously spent in other bands) 
6. The number of households included in the question 5 data 
7. The question 5 figure excluding backdated households
8. The number of households included in the question 7 data (i.e. excluding backdated households) 
9. Among households in the highest priority band who were rehoused in financial year 2024/25 (and thus left the social housing register), the average time (in days) they had been in the highest priority band for at the time they were rehoused 
10. The number of households included in the question 9 data 
11. The question 9 figure excluding backdated households 
12. The number of households included in the question 11 data (i.e. excluding backdated households) 
13. Among households in the second-highest priority band who were rehoused in financial year 2024/25 (and thus left the social housing register), the average time (in days) they had been in the second-highest priority band for at the time they were rehoused
14. The number of households included in the question 13 data 
15. The question 13 figure excluding backdated households 
16. The number of households included in the question 15 data (i.e. excluding backdated households)
    Please note these questions are based on priority bands *not on the number of bedrooms*.

Response

I have to advise you that we will not be able to answer your request without exceeding the appropriate limit. This is because we do not hold the information in an extractable format and to retrieve the information requested would involve creating a bespoke report by the software provider which would exceed the financial threshold 

Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act makes provision for public authorities to refuse requests for information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed the appropriate limit, which for local authorities is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 2 working days in determining whether the authority holds the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting it. The appropriate limit is prescribed by regulation 3 of the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.