Question follow-through · 107506
Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the turnaround time for repairs in social housing managed by local authorities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the turnaround time for repairs in social housing managed by local authorities.
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jan 2026
Answer published
All registered providers of social housing are required to deliver the outcomes of the regulatory standards set by the independent Regulator of Social Housing. This includes providing an effective, efficient, and timely repairs service for the homes and c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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