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Retail Trade: Rents and Service Charges

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 4 November 2025UIN 86152

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to require landlords to publish standardised information on (a) rent and (b) service charge costs for high street tenants.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

The Government regularly engages with small business representative organisations to garner their views. The ongoing Law Commission work, as set out in my answer to PQ UIN(s): 77535, has already involved a formal consultation with the commercial sector and is likely to include more engagement. There are currently no plans to require commercial landlords to publish standardised information on rent or service charges.

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