This FOI is for the attention of the council officers who oversee the private rented sector.

1. The number of complaints received per year by tenants related to private rented sector housing for the following years:
2023/2024: 289 (all service requests, which may include 3rd party referrals obo occupiers)
2024/2025: 253 (all service requests, which may include 3rd party referrals obo occupiers)

2. The number of complaints received per year by tenants related to social housing for the following years:
2023/2024: 99 stage 1 and 35 stage 2 four our housing department and 18 for our environmental health
2024/2025: 135 stage 1 and 23 stage 2 for our housing department and 10 for our environmental health

3. The number of Housing, Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspections carried out per year on PRS properties for the following years:
We do not consistently record HHSRS inspections. The figures below therefore reflect Service request resulting in visit and/or informal or formal enforcement activity.
2023/2024: 68
2024/2025: 28
If applicable: 3a) The total number of property licensing (selective and/or additional) inspections carried out per year on PRS properties for the following years:
We do not operate selective or additional licensing schemes. Figures below reflect mandatory licencing scheme.
2023/2024: 14
2024/2025: 30

4. How many improvement notices have been served in relation to Category 1 and/or Category 2 hazards on PRS properties per year for the following years:
2023/2024: 1
2024/2025: 0
If possible, please list the total number of Improvement Notices served exclusively because of category 1 hazards: Nil

5. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Overcrowding Notices (Housing Act 2004 Part 2) on properties in the PRS for the following years:
2023/2024: 2
2024/2025: 0

6. Please state the year in which your local authority last carried out a Stock Condition Survey.
2021

7. How many housing units in your local authority do you estimate to be in the Private Rented Sector?
About 9800. Source - ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/housingenglandandwales/census2021#tenure