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Environmental Health Officers
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This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. For each of the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 please provide me with the following:
1. The total number of staff employed (directly or indirectly) by the local authority to inspect residential properties for category 1 or 2 hazards.
3 total – estimate 1fte approx. on private sector housing issues to which part 1 Housing Act 2004 may apply.
2. Of (1), the total number who were qualified Environmental Health Officers.
1 EHP, 1 qualified accredited course.
3. The total number of inspections carried out by either (1) or (2) to see whether category 1 or 2 hazards exist in residential properties which are owned by the council or social housing providers, or privately rented. (Please refer to section four of the Housing Act 2004 if in doubt about the nature of the inspections.)
2017/18: 3
2018/19: 74
2019/20: 12
2020/21: 7
2021/22: 3
2022/23: 2
NB: The data for 2018/19 reflects recording process in place during inception of revised mandatory licensing scheme in 2018
4. The total number of complaints that the local authority has received about hazards or poor conditions in residential properties which are owned by the council or social housing providers, or privately rented.
2017/18: 163
2018/19: 143
2019/20: 102
2020/21: 120
2021/22: 142
2022/23: 153
Our figures relate to private rented property and social housing providers (excluding Council owned properties).
