FOI request (FOI-95849186)

Social Housing

Requested Thu 15 November 2018
Responded Tue 18 December 2018

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am submitting the following requests:

1a) How many new social homes were completed between 1st April 2017 and 31st March 2018?

1b) Of these, how many complied with category 2?

1c) How many complied with category 3 of volume 1 of Part M of the Building Regulations?

2a) How many new homes for affordable rent were completed between 1st April 2017 and 31st March 2018?

2b) Of these, how many complied with category 2?

2c) How many complied with category 3 of volume 1 of Part M of the Building Regulations?

3a) How many new homes for shared ownership were completed between 1st April 2017 and 31st March 2018?

3b) Of these, how many complied with category 2?

3c) How many complied with category 3 of volume 1 of Part M of the Building Regulations?

4a) How many new homes for private ownership were completed between 1st April 2017 and 31st March 2018?

4b) Of these, how many complied with category 2?

4c) How many complied with category 3 of volume 1 of Part M of the Building Regulations?

5) How many live applications does your Local Authority currently have on your housing list?

6) How many live applications does your Local Authority currently have on your housing list for wheelchair accessible housing?

7) How many wheelchair accessible homes were let to wheelchair users between April 1 2017 and March 31 2018 inclusive, in your locality through your general needs housing process?

8) How many homes were let between April 1 2017 and March 31 2018 inclusive, in your locality through your general needs housing process?

Unfortunately I was unsuccessful in submitting my question through the online webpage hence I am sending the request to this general email account listed on the Council website.

Response

1a) 70

1b) Information not held

1c) Information not held

2a) 70

2b) Information not held

2c) Information not held

3a) 0

3b) Not applicable

3c) Not applicable

4a) 154

4b) Information not held

4c) Information not held

5) 1,686

6) Information as requested not held; information available as follows:

* Mobility Level 1 - Typically suitable for a person who uses a wheelchair full time, indoors and outdoors. The property will provide full wheelchair access throughout = 20 live applications

* Mobility Level 2 - Typically suitable to a person with restricted walking ability and for those that may need to use a wheelchair for some of the time. The property will have internal and external level or ramped access, but some parts of the property may not be fully wheelchair accessible = 52 live applications

* Mobility Level 3 - Typically suitable for a person able to manage two or three steps, but unable to manage steep gradients. The property may have adaptations to assist people with limited mobility = 365 live applications

7) Information as requested not held; table attached shows lets based on property and customer mobility levels

8) 298