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 ensure service charges for tenants and leaseholders are (a) transparent and (b) communicated effectively; and whether he is taking steps to remove barriers for challenging the (a) setting and (b) recovery of service charges.

The Government strongly believes that service charges should be reasonable, transparent and communicated effectively for both tenants and leaseholders. We are due to bring forward further leasehold reforms later in this parliament.