Freedom of information (FOI) disclosure log

Date Sent: September 15, 2026

Conclusion:

Description: I am requesting recorded information held by Wakefield Council. This request follows the council's earlier HMO licence fee disclosure (FOI 11873). That disclosure gave the fee amounts but not the recorded basis used to calculate or approve those fees. Please provide the following recorded information for the HMO licence fee structure in force for 2018/19: 1. The final or latest operative fee calculation sheet, costing spreadsheet, model, or working paper used to calculate the HMO licence fee or fee bands. 2. The final report, delegated decision record, committee paper, approval note, or equivalent record by which the 2018/19 HMO licence fee or fee structure was approved. 3. Any final methodology note, guidance note, or summary setting out what cost categories were included in the HMO licence fee calculation, for example administration, inspection, compliance, enforcement, overheads, or licence issue costs. Please exclude duplicate copies, routine correspondence, acknowledgements, purely administrative emails, and draft versions where a final or operative version is held. To assist your search and minimise burden, I suggest searching the records of the private sector housing, environmental health, housing standards, licensing, finance, and fees-and-charges teams using the keywords: "HMO", "licence fee", "licensing fee", "fee calculation", "cost recovery", "fees and charges", and "FOI 11873". I am specifically seeking the latest operative version of this information for the 2018/19 fee-setting cycle. Please provide spreadsheets in Excel or CSV format where held, and other documents as electronic copies.

Attachments: FOI_Response 981.doc