Question follow-through · 15693

Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will legislate to cap annual service charge rises at consumer price index inflation rates.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
22 Nov 2024
Target answer date
26 Nov 2024
Answer
2 Dec 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will legislate to cap annual service charge rises at consumer price index inflation rates.

  2. 26 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 7465 on 15 October 2024

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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