Question follow-through · 9255

Service Charges: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to create a Service Charge Regulator to ensure that service charges are rigorously scrutinised for all those who have to pay them, including fu

answeredIqbal MohamedMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
15 Jun 2026
Answer
22 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to create a Service Charge Regulator to ensure that service charges are rigorously scrutinised for all those who have to pay them, including fu

  2. 15 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the government response to the petition to create a new body to regulate service charges on 19 May 2025, which can be found here. We have no plans to set up a Service Charge Regulator.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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