24 May 2022
Your request & our response
1. How many private sector rented housing enforcement officers, or equivalent, have you had in each of the last 5 years?
8 x Enforcement Officers between 2017/2018
8 x Enforcement Officers between 2018/2019
8 x Enforcement Officers between 2019/2020
8 x Enforcement Officers between 2020/2021
11 x Enforcement Officers between 2021/2022
2. How many public sector rented housing enforcement officers, or equivalent, have you had in each of the last 5 years?
Please reference Q4B
3. How many planning enforcement officers have you had in each of the last 5 years?
6
4. What has the budget of your public and private sector housing enforcement teams been in each of the last 5 years?
Private sector:
Year Net budget
Answer: 2017/18 £338k
2018/19 £674k
2019/20 £668k
2020/21 £727k
2021/22 £117k
Public sector:
Year Net budget
Answer: 2017/18 £466,301 1 manager, 8 officers
2018/19 £482,391 1 manager, 8 officers, 1 assistant
2019/20 £569,922 1 manager, 1 Senior, 8 officers, 2 assistants
2020/21 £569,922
2021/22 £621,453 1 manager, 2 seniors, 8 officers, 2 assistants
5. What has the budget of your planning enforcement teams been in each of the last 5 years?
There is no specific budget for enforcement teams as the budget encompasses various other services. Please advise should you wish to receive the overall budget and a new request will be logged.
6. Do you have any private rented sector housing intelligence officers, and if so how many?
No
7. If applicable, what is the budget of the PRS housing intelligence team?
This information is not held by the Council - please contact PRS housing for this information