Freedom of information response
Housing disrepair claims
1) The number of live housing disrepair claims lodged with your council as of 01/12/2023
2) The number of housing disrepair claims made against your council for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.
3)The number of housing disrepair claims settled for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.
4) The average cost (£) of each disrepair claim settlement for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.
5) Your council's total annual spend on external legal costs relating to disrepair claims
(£) -- by external costs I am referring to barristers and solicitors engaged outside the council's own salaried legal staff for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.
6) Your council's total annual spend on compensation for housing disrepair claims (£) for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.
Please supply the information in spreadsheet format (excel) if possible.
1) The number of live housing disrepair claims lodged with your council as of 01/12/2023
128
2) The number of housing disrepair claims made against your council for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.
2018-19 – 17
2019-20 – 18
2020-21 – 30
2021-22 – 28
2022-23 - 61
3)The number of housing disrepair claims settled for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.
2018-19 – 5
2019-20 – 1
2020-21 – 0
2021-22 – 0
2022-23 – 9
4) The average cost (£) of each disrepair claim settlement for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.
2018-19 - £10,043.07
2019-20 - £5,744.24
2020-21 - £0
2021-22 - £0
2022-23 – £7,152.73
5) Your council's total annual spend on external legal costs relating to disrepair claims
(£) -- by external costs I am referring to barristers and solicitors engaged outside the council's own salaried legal staff for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.
2018-19 - £2,442.40
2019-20 - £0
2020-21 - £4,210.60
2021-22 - £9,435.00
2022-23 - £16,458.40
6) Your council's total annual spend on compensation for housing disrepair claims (£) for each of the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.
2018-19 - £14,108.44
2019-20 - £1,129.24
2020-21 - £0
2021-22 - £0
2022-23 - £25,540