First time buyer buy back scheme
| Authority | Department of Infrastructure |
|---|---|
| Date received | 2020-09-21 |
| Outcome | Some information sent but not all held |
| Outcome date | 2020-09-29 |
| Case ID | 1480205 |
Summary
The requester asked for data on first-time buyer buy-back properties removed from sale listings and leased to third parties in the last three years. The Department of Infrastructure could not provide the specific listing history but disclosed the number of buy-back properties sub-let to third parties annually since 2011.
Key Facts
- The Department does not record a history of which properties were advertised as available for purchase on the website.
- Records of sub-leases for buy-back properties are held and provided in the response.
- No buy-back properties were sub-let to a third party between October 2011 and March 2016.
- Three properties were sub-let annually during the financial years 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20.
- Six properties had been sub-let to a third party during the 2020-21 financial year at the time of the response.
Data Disclosed
- 11 October 2011
- 31 March 2016
- 2016-17
- 2017-18
- 2018-19
- 2019-20
- 2020-21
- three
- six
- 1480205
Exemptions Cited
- Information not held by the Department for the purposes of the Act regarding website listing history
Original Request
How many first time buyer buy back properties have been listed on the website as available for purchase then been removed from the list and have subsequently been leased to a third party (eg Manx Housing Trust) within the last three years?
Data Tables (1)
Data Tables (reformatted)
| Financial Year | Number of "Buy Back Properties" Sub-let to a Third Party |
|---|---|
| 11 October 2011 – 31 March 2016 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | 3 |
| 2017-18 | 3 |
| 2018-19 | 3 |
| 2019-20 | 3 |
| 2020-21 (to date) | 6 |
Full Response Text
Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF
Contact: FOI Response Team/JH/TS Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im
Our ref: 1480205 29 September 2020
Dear ###
We write further to your request which was received on 21 September 2020 and which states:
"How many first time buyer buy back properties have been listed on the website as available for purchase then been removed from the list and have subsequently been leased to a third party (eg Manx Housing Trust) within the last three years?" Our aim is to provide information whenever possible. In this instance, the information you have requested is not held by the Department of Infrastructure for the purposes of the Act because we do not record a history of which properties have been advertised as available for purchase on the website. However, we do hold records of each sub-lease that has been executed relating to “buy-back properties” and as such, we are able to provide relevant information on the number of “buy back properties” that have been sub-let to a third party during each financial year to which the Act applies (section 4 of the Act states that the Act applies in relation to information created on or after 11 October 2011): - Between 11 October 2011 and 31 March 2016 no “buy back properties” were sub-let to a third party by the Department. - During 2016-17 there were three such properties sub-let to a third party. - During 2017-18 there were three such properties sub-let to a third party. - During 2018-19 there were three such properties sub-let to a third party. - During 2019-20 there were three such properties sub-let to a third party. - During 2020-21 there have to date been six such properties sub-let to a third party. Please quote the reference number 1480205 in any future communications.
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