Information Team A Hooker Law & Governance Division Resources Department 7th Floor, Zone C Bernard Weatherill House 8 Mint Walk CR0 1EA

FOI Reference: 3243981

Date: 30 March 2021

Dear A Hooker

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Your request has been considered under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Specifically, you have requested the following information:

1. Please can you provide current maps of each ward within the Croydon Boroughs, clearly showing the boundaries for each ward.

This information can be found on our website, please see the link below. Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 therefore applies, ‘Information reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means’. This acts as an exemption notice. Section 21 is an absolute exemption and therefore does not require the public interests balancing test to be applied.

This means that the Council is relieved of the duty to communicate the requested information to an applicant if there is an existing method by which the information can be obtained, outside of the operation of the Freedom of Information Act http://maps.croydon.gov.uk/aya/pages/aya/aya.html?layer=WARD_REP_COUNCILLOR

2. Please provide the following statistics broken down by Ward: a) The total number of households in each ward

Broad Green 7636 Town 5912 Crystal Palace and 7885 9096

Kenley 4163 North 3888 New Addington South 4334 and 4864 Norbury Park 3770 4034 Park Hill and Whitgift 2599 Purley and Woodcote 7041 Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown 4352 6104 5420 and Addington Village 4017 Selsdon Vale and Forestdale 4261 Shirley North 6301 Shirley South 4068 8102 7640 7468 7856 West Thornton 6796 Woodside 7410 East 5002 7010 Bensham Manor 6495 b) The total number of residents within each ward

This information can be found within the Croydon Observatory, please see the link below. Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 therefore applies, ‘Information reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means’. This acts as an exemption notice. Section 21 is an absolute exemption and therefore does not require the public interests balancing test to be applied.

This means that the Council is relieved of the duty to communicate the requested information to an applicant if there is an existing method by which the information can be obtained, outside of the operation of the Freedom of Information Act. https://www.croydonobservatory.org/population/report/view/c8ea86076b304e0ca1c3eba4 31717664/E05011462/

Then you will be able to select each of the 28 wards in turn to see the number of residents in each ward. c) The total number of known rented properties within each ward

This information can be found within the Croydon Observatory, please see the link below. Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 therefore applies, ‘Information reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means’. This acts as an exemption notice. Section 21 is an absolute exemption and therefore does not require the public interests balancing test to be applied.

This means that the Council is relieved of the duty to communicate the requested information to an applicant if there is an existing method by which the information can be obtained, outside of the operation of the Freedom of Information Act. https://www.croydonobservatory.org/housing/report/view/2b55d3d46d3b498a8e438df974 c89397/E05011462

Then you will be able to select each of the 28 wards in turn to see the number of private and social rented properties in each ward. d) The total number of known HMOs within each ward

Grand Ward Total 23 Addiscombe West 48 Bensham Manor 68 63 Coulsdon Town 6 Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood 12 Fairfield 32 2 New Addington North 3 New Addington South 13 Norbury & Pollards Hill 36 Norbury Park 22 Old Coulsdon 2 Park Hill & Whitgift 4 Purley & Woodcote 18 Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown 11 Sanderstead 4 Selhurst 46 Selsdon & Addington Village 7 Selsdon Vale & Forestdale 5 Shirley North 5 Shirley South 2 South Croydon 51 South Norwood 37 Thornton Heath 52 Waddon 32 West Thornton 70 Woodside 36 Other 4 Grand Total 714

Please quote the reference number 3243981 in any future communications.

If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act you may ask for an internal review. This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response. You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

Email: [email protected]

Writing: Information Team

London Borough of Croydon

Bernard Weatherill House

7 th Floor - Zone C

8 Mint Walk

Croydon CR0 1EA

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be considered only at the discretion of the council.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF. Telephone: 01625 545 700 Website: www.ico.gov.uk

We will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely,

Information management FOI & SAR team