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

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.

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.