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Question

1. Who deals with all queries related to the Empty Homes? 2. For those who work with Empty Homes, what are the name of the staff member(s) and their contact details? 3. Do the Empty Homes department need to trace the owners and/or next of kin of these properties? 4. For those staff member(s) who need to locate the owner and/or next of kin of these properties, what are their names and contact details? 5. What steps do the council take in order to locate owners and/or next of kin of these empty properties? 6. How many of these homes are considered "empty homes" due to the fact a public health funeral is taken place? 7. How many public health funerals have taken place within the past year? (From January 2015) 8. Of these public health funerals that have occurred, please provide: a) Name of deceased b) Date of birth and date of death c) Last residential address d) Have the next of kin/family members been traced? e) What date have the details been referred to the QLTR, Bona Vacantia, Treasury Solicitor, Government Legal Department, NUHU, Duchy or Farrer & Co? 9) Which other organisations have details of the deceased been referred to and why?

Answer

1. Who deals with all queries related to the Empty Homes? Environmental Health Officers 2. For those who work with Empty Homes, what are the name of the staff member(s) and their contact details? Any officer based in the Environmental Protection and Housing Division of the Environmental Health Dept. Contact telephone number 01685 725000. 3. Do the Empty Homes department need to trace the owners and/or next of kin of these properties? On occasions. 4. For those staff member(s) who need to locate the owner and/or next of kin of these properties, what are their names and contact details? As above 5. What steps do the council take in order to locate owners and/or next of kin of these empty properties? Land registry, Council Tax , Electoral Register, local solicitors, local knowledge, etc. 6. How many of these homes are considered "empty homes" due to the fact a public health funeral is taken place? 0 7. How many public health funerals have taken place within the past year? (From January 2015) 1 8. Of these public health funerals that have occurred, please provide: a) Name of deceased Ronald Victor Edwards b) Date of birth and date of death Date of Death 30/6/15 c) Last residential address 6 Trystan Edwards Place, Merthyr Tydfil d) Have the next of kin/family members been traced? Yes e) What date have the details been referred to the QLTR, Bona Vacantia, Treasury Solicitor, Government Legal Department, NUHU, Duchy or Farrer & Co? N/A next of kin traced. 9) Which other organisations have details of the deceased been referred to and why? None