31 January 2023
Your request
Please can you tell me the average monthly cost of rent in both;
1.A Lambeth secure council tenancy
2.A Lambeth property charging 'Council Level Rent'
Please provide figures as an average, or set out the range of rent levels.
I understand this may depend on the number of rooms/ type of property in question.
This would be for the years 2021- 2 and 2022-3.
For 'council level rent' properties, please list likely additional costs such as service charges, energy contracts and so on.
Our response
Please find attached tables setting out average rents for all property sizes for the last and current financial years.
Under FOI Section 1(1) any person making a request for information to a public authority is entitled (a) to be informed in writing by the public authority whether it holds information of the description specified in the request (b) if that is the case, to have that information communicated to them.
I am advised by my colleagues that Lambeth Council does not hold any such information on council level rent properties because the Council does not manage any properties with ‘Council level rents’. Consequently, the answer to Section 1(1)(a) is no for that part of the request, and thus our further duty under 1(1)(b) does not arise on this occasion.