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Service Charges: Overcharging

Asked by Iqbal MohamedIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 22 June 2026UIN 9260

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the extent of the scrutiny gap where local authorities assume the Regulator of Social Housing monitors service charges, while the Regulator lacks a

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

My Department has made no such specific assessment.

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