Information Request NPH00-339/20
I am writing to respond to your request for information received on Friday 21st February which has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI).
Your request has been given the unique Information Request No. NPH00-339/20. Please quote this reference on all correspondence relating to this request.
You have requested the following information. Our response is shown in bold.
I am sending this request under the Freedom of Information Act to ask for the following information:
1. How many council property tenancies were transferred to a family member in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019?
2. How many properties were bought as part of the Right to Buy Scheme in in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019?
2008 – 9
2009 – 15
2010 – 27
2011 – 20
2012 – 56
2013 – 87
2014 – 88
2015 – 101
2016 – 125
2017 – 138
2018 – 125
2019 – 101 up to 31st January 2020
3. In relation to question 2 – how many of those properties were purchased by someone who had the tenancy transferred to them? IE) were not the original tenancy holder
4. In relation to question 3 – how many of those purchasers were under the age of 30?
In regard to questions 1, 3 and 4 Northampton Partnership Homes are unable to provide the information requested. Northampton Partnership Homes do not record an attribute that captures this information. This is not a refusal notice as the information is not held.
The disclosure to you of the enclosed information does not give you a right to reproduce or publish such information without the express permission of Northampton Borough Council or any other owners of the copyright therein. To do so you will need a licence under the ‘Reuse of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015’.
If you consider NPH has not provided the information you have requested, you have the right to challenge that decision in respect of your information request within 6 months.
Please write to:
Information Access Challenges
Northampton Partnership Homes
The Guildhall
St Giles Square
Northampton
NN1 1DE
Otherwise please email: information@nph.org.uk. Emails to this address are automatically acknowledged.
If your challenge is not resolved to your complete satisfaction, you will then have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner.
If you feel your request has been handled unfairly you should, in the first instance, complain using NPH’s Customer Feedback form and address it to the department you have been dealing with. NPH’s Complaints procedure (a full copy of which is available by telephoning or writing to NPH’s Data Management Officer) will then be used to try and resolve your complaint.
Yours sincerely,
Santina Chambers
Data Management Officer
Northampton Partnership Homes
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