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Leasehold: Service Charges

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 11 March 2026UIN 117413

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling tenants and residents to pay disputed service charges to the courts while disputes with landlords are being

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The government has not made a specific assessment of the potential merits of paying disputed service charges to the courts while disputes are being heard.

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