Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of the Consultation on introducing permitted insurance fees for landlords, freeholders and property managing agents, published on 2 December 2024.

The government published the consultation on introducing permitted insurance fees for landlords, freeholders and property managing agents via gov.uk and is content that it meets the expected accessibility standards to allow all interested parties to contribute their views.

As prescribed in the government’s Publishing Accessible Documents guidance, the consultation is published in HTML format to make it easier to read and to find. The guidance in question provides alternate ways to respond to meet the range of accessibility needs, including an online response option and via direct email address. Anyone having any difficulty responding can get in touch using the contact details available to request assistance or an alternative way to respond. We also provide documents in alternative formats when these are requested by the public, including large print and braille. We have an alternative formats email address published on gov.uk which invites users to request a different format if they cannot use one of our documents (alternativeformats@communities.gov.uk).