Asked by: Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department will publish its response to the consultation on unfair leasehold practices which concluded on 26 November 2018.
Answered by Heather Wheeler
The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders and freeholders and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. We will publish the Government's response to the technical consultation on Implementing reforms to the leasehold system in England shortly.
Asked by: Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2019 to Question 239850, whether the figures on the number of complaints that were upheld includes those dealt with under the early resolution procedure.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The number of upheld complaints referred to in the response to Question UIN 239850 on 10 April includes those dealt with under the Housing Ombudsman Service’s early resolution procedure.
Asked by: Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2018 to Question 161501, how many full-time equivalent (a) Adjudicators, (b) Dispute Resolution Advisors and (c) Dispute Resolution Managers were in post at the Housing Ombudsman Service on (i) 31 March 2011, (ii) 31 March 2012, (iii) 31 March 2013 and (iv) 31 March 2014.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Housing Ombudsman Service holds historical headcount data that would require further research and analysis at a disproportionate cost to provide the information requested.
Asked by: Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2018 to Question 192956, how many applicants were interviewed for the post of Chair of the Regulator of Social Housing; and how many of those applicants were social housing tenants.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Three applicants have been interviewed for the post of Chair of the Regulator of Social Housing. Applicants were not asked as part of the application or interview process to confirm whether they were currently, or had ever been, social housing tenants.
Asked by: Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the recruitment panel for the new Chair of the Regulator of Social Housing did not include a tenant of social housing.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The membership of the Assessment Panel advising the Minister for Housing on appointable candidates met the requirements of the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments and included a senior departmental official and an independent member. The Governance Code does not require Panels to include a representative of the sector to which the public body relates.