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Service Charges: Regulation

Asked by Iqbal MohamedIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 22 June 2026UIN 9255

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to create a Service Charge Regulator to ensure that service charges are rigorously scrutinised for all those who have to pay them, including fu

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

I refer the hon. Member to the government response to the petition to create a new body to regulate service charges on 19 May 2025, which can be found here. We have no plans to set up a Service Charge Regulator.

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