A question on #SocialRentedHousing #ServiceCharges tabled by Anneliese Dodds on 19-05-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Social Rented Housing: Service Charges
Question ID: 1803808
UIN: 53143
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-19
Asking Member ID: 4657
Asking Member display name: Anneliese Dodds
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Anneliese Dodds
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of compliance by social landlords with guidance that service charge increases are restricted in line with rent increases.
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Date answered: 2025-05-27
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Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: The government does not regulate the level of service charges for social housing tenants.Our policy statement on social housing rents states that Registered Providers of social housing should endeavour to keep any service charge increases for tenants with...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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