Question follow-through · 7467
Housing Ombudsman Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider allowing the Housing Ombudsman to issue fines for maladministration by housing providers to recompense tenants, ensure implementation of recommendations and t
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider allowing the Housing Ombudsman to issue fines for maladministration by housing providers to recompense tenants, ensure implementation of recommendations and t
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Housing Ombudsman is an independent and impartial adjudicator, investigating and resolving individual complaints between social housing residents and their landlords. To maintain that independence and fairness, it is not appropriate for the Ombudsman ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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