Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold the information you have requested.
Questions and final response:
Question 1 – Please may I learn the following:
How many blocks of flats have you noted safety concerns with over the last ten years, in a year-by-year breakdown please?
The Data requested can be found in the attached spreadsheet.
Note that we are able to supply data from 2020 onwards.
This is due to a new information system being commissioned, data pre 2020 is not available.
Question 2 – How many of these, year by year, have been converted into residential properties after having been office blocks? (Please may we have a year on year breakdown?)
As above.
Question 3 – How many blocks of flats have you had to evacuate due to safety concerns over the last ten years? (Please may we have a year-on-year breakdown?)
As above.
Question 4 – How many of those evacuated over the last ten years were converted from office blocks? (In a year-on-year breakdown please?)
As above.
We hope you find this information useful.
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Incident and other data is published on our transparency site. Incident Data (essex- fire.gov.uk).
Please note that the response and data released to you as part of this request will be published on our website http://transparency.essex-fire.gov.uk/.
All requests will be anonymised and no personal information including contact details will be disclosed as part of this process.
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Thank you for your interest in Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, we hope this satisfies your request.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to apply for an internal review.
Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your original email and should be sent to informationgovernance@essex-fire.gov.uk or sent to our postal address: Internal Review, Information Governance Team, Kelvedon Park, Rivenhall, Witham, Essex CM8 3HB.
Please ensure you quote the above reference number in all future communications.