FOI003124 FOI Residential Services

Short Description
Renters Rights Act Implementatio
Reference number
FOI003124
Date
01/06/2026
Request

Please process this as a Freedom of Information request:
The relevant council department is the one with responsibilty for Private Sector Housing.
Renters Rights Act 2025 - housing enforcement tools/services 
Q1: Has the council's Private Sector Housing enforcement officers been provided with any Justice For Tenants services free of charge (please delete as appropriate):
(a) Bundled services package: Yes-£5000-pack / Yes-£2000-pack / No
(b) CPN Generator : Yes / No
(c) Training Course(s) : Yes / No
(d) Model Licence Condition or Policy Documents: Yes / No
(e) Case Reviews/Advice : Yes / No
(f) Other : Yes / No
Q2: Have charged-for services provided by Justice For Tenants been used ? 
o    (please delete as appropriate): Yes / No
Q3: Were the charged-for services reasonable value for money ? 
o    (please delete as appropriate): Yes / No
Q5: If you have not used JFT's services to date but intend to:
•    (please delete options that do not apply): 
a.    Use free services only 
b.    Use both free and paid-for services
c.    Not Yet Sure 
Q6: Does the council have a formal process for offered/accepted gifts to be registered/recorded ? 
o    (please delete as appropriate): Yes / No / Not Sure
Q7: If JFT services used free of charge have been registered as one or more gifts:
•    (please delete options to leave the best-fit statement): 
a.    A single gift entry has been made covering all use together.
b.    Entries are made periodically (monthly/ quarterly/annually) at the end of the period.
c.    Officers are expected to make a gift register entry each time they use a free JFT service.
d.    Not applicable – free use has not been registered as a gift.
Q8: If JFT services used free of charge have not been registered as a gift:
•    (please delete options to leave the best-fit statement): 
a.    Free use is not registered as a gift because there is no personal gain for the officers.
b.    Free use is not registered because the service always free.
c.    Free use is not registered because the value of each use is below the policy threshold.
d.    Not applicable – free use is registered as a gift.