Question follow-through · 36510

Service Charges: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to regulate increases in service charges; and what steps she is taking to bring into force the legislative provisions of the Leasehold and Fre

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
7 Mar 2025
Target answer date
11 Mar 2025
Answer
17 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to regulate increases in service charges; and what steps she is taking to bring into force the legislative provisions of the Leasehold and Fre

  2. 11 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 26965 on 4 February 2025.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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