Asked by: Keir Mather (Labour - Selby)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 20 October 2023 to Question 202904 on Parking: Private Sector, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 impact assessment.
Answered by Jacob Young
The Government, following the introduction of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, is taking action to improve the regulation of the private parking industry.
Currently the Government is developing a new code of practice which will set out straightforward rules that private parking companies across England, Scotland and Wales must follow.
We are currently updating our Impact Assessment following a recent call for evidence exercise. We will publish this document in due course, alongside a consultation on parking charge levels and debt recovery fees.
Asked by: Keir Mather (Labour - Selby)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to regulate parking enforcement companies.
Answered by Jacob Young
The Government, following the introduction of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, is taking action to improve the regulation of the private parking industry.
Currently the Government is developing a new code of practice which will set out straightforward rules that private parking companies across England, Scotland and Wales must follow.
We are currently updating our Impact Assessment following a recent call for evidence exercise. We will publish this document in due course, alongside a consultation on parking charge levels and debt recovery fees.
Asked by: Keir Mather (Labour - Selby)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to provide a resolution mechanism for new build freeholders who dispute their estate management charge.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The Government wants to make estate management companies more accountable to homeowners for how their money is spent.
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will make sure that homeowners who pay estate management charges have the right to challenge their reasonableness and to go to the tribunal to appoint a substitute manager to manage the provision of services.
In addition, we will make sure that homeowners have better access to information they need to understand what they are paying for and how the communal areas are being managed.
Asked by: Keir Mather (Labour - Selby)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to create a statutory right to manage for freehold estates.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The Government wants to make estate management companies more accountable to homeowners for how their money is spent.
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will make sure that homeowners who pay estate management charges have the right to challenge their reasonableness and to go to the tribunal to appoint a substitute manager to manage the provision of services.
In addition, we will make sure that homeowners have better access to information they need to understand what they are paying for and how the communal areas are being managed.
Asked by: Keir Mather (Labour - Selby)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to reduce estate management fees.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The Government wants to make estate management companies more accountable to homeowners for how their money is spent.
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will make sure that homeowners who pay estate management charges have the right to challenge their reasonableness and to go to the tribunal to appoint a substitute manager to manage the provision of services.
In addition, we will make sure that homeowners have better access to information they need to understand what they are paying for and how the communal areas are being managed.
Asked by: Keir Mather (Labour - Selby)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the prevalence of damp and mould in social housing in (a) Selby and Ainsty constituency and (b) North Yorkshire.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
We assess levels of damp by tenure through the English Housing Survey, which can be found at English Housing Survey - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The Regulator of Social Housing also published information on damp and mould in social housing, in February 2023.
I also refer the Hon Member to the answers to Question UIN 181418 on 24 April 2023, and Questions UIN 185446 and UIN 185074 on 22 May 2023.