Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of !4 December to Question 107087 on Housing: Mould, whether his Department is providing extra resources to local authorities to help ensure that they have the capability to address these issues.

The Secretary of State wrote to social housing providers alerting them to respond to the Regulator of Social Housing on damp and mould in their areas. The Regulator has since written asking for information to be provided by 19 December. This information should provide a clearer picture on the scale of the problem for the government to consider what action is needed.