FOI request (FOIR-539380096)

Private Rented Sector Enforcement

Requested Tue 15 August 2023
Responded Fri 01 September 2023

This Freedom of Information request is for the attention of council officers who oversee civil penalty enforcement in the private rented sector for the council.

1. The total number of Civil Penalties relating to housing offences served to private landlords per year for 2021/22 and 2022/23.

2. The number of Civil Penalties issued to private landlords each year (so 2021/22 and 2022/23) for each of the following offences:

a. Failure to comply with an Improvement Notice (section 30 of the Housing Act 2004)

b. Offences in relation to licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (section 72 of the Housing Act 2004)

c. Offences in relation to licensing of houses under Part 3 of the Act (section 95 of the Housing Act 2004)

d. Offences of contravention of an overcrowding notice (section 139 of the Housing Act 2004)

e. Failure to comply with management regulations in respect of Houses in Multiple Occupation (section 234 of the Housing Act 2004)

f. Banning Orders under the Housing and Planning Act 2016

g. Offences in relation to Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) Regulations

3. The total amount of income (£) levied (before appeals/negotiations/legal costs/and so on) in Civil Penalties relating to housing offences to private landlords per year for 2021/22 and 2022/23.

4. The total amount of income (£) collected (after appeals/negotiations/legal costs/and so on) in Civil Penalties relating to housing offences to private landlords per year for 2021/22 and 2022/23.

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Response

1. Zero for all years

2. Zero for all years

3. Zero for all years

4. Zero for all years