FOI request (FOIR-373415559)

Summary of removals from housing wait list

Requested Mon 25 October 2021
Responded  Fri 05 November 2021

I would like to request a breakdown of how many people have been removed from the council's housing waiting lists, together with the reasons for their removal (such as: leaving area, death, alternative housing found, and so on) and any other relevant data such as postcode of applicant and any demographic data held, for each of the following years:

1. 2017

2. 2018

3. 2019

4. 2020

5. 2021

I would like you to treat each year as a separate request and I would this information in Excel format with each removal listed on a new row.

Response

Since 1st January 2017, there have been 3657 households 'removed' from the housing register.

NOTICE OF REFUSAL

The information requested as to why they were removed is held in the case journals and would mean a manual search of each case. This would far exceed the time limit set out by the Information Commissioner. Section 12 of the Freedom of information Act 2000 provides an exemption from the obligation to comply with a request for information if the estimated costs of complying with that request would exceed the prescribed appropriate limit.

We estimate that the costs of complying with your request would exceed the appropriate limit by a significant amount.

However, I can advise that most households would have been removed due to the main applicant not completing/returning their annual review.

Please see below for the other information requested.

Cases with case status 'Removed' by gender:

Female

2017 - 213

2018 - 123

2019 - 739

2020 - 808

2021 - 455

Total - 2338

Male

2017 - 150

2018 - 89

2019 - 372

2020 - 401

2021 - 256

Total - 1268

Not Known

2017 - 8

2018 - 7

2019 - 20

2020 - 2

2021 - 2

Total - 49

Transgender

2017 - 0

2018 - 0

2019 - 0

2020 - 2

2021 - 0

Total - 2

All

2017 - 371

2018 - 219

2019 - 1141

2020 - 1213

2021 - 713

Grand Total - 3657