Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the codes for student accommodation in (a) protecting tenants and owners of neighbouring properties and (b) maintaining management standards.

The Codes of practice, run by Accreditation Network UK/Unipol and Universities UK/Guild HE cover areas such as management standards, waste management and anti-social behaviour. Were a member of a Code is found to be in breach of one of these areas, this would be addressed through the complaints procedure set out in the Codes.

We currently have no plans to expand the Codes for purpose built student accommodation to public spaces. However, we are working with Unipol and Universities UK to update the Codes and ensure they cover any future Government legislation.