Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2019 to Question 266836 on Shared Housing: Utilities, if she will place in the Library the Valuation Office Agency’s guidance for Rent Officers in making deductions for services and facilities from the local rents used to determine the 30th percentile of the Shared Accommodation Rate.
There is no current plan to place the guidance in the House of Commons library as The Rent Officer Handbook is already available online via www.gov.uk.
Specific guidance for Rent officers in relation to these deductions is accessible under the heading ‘Ineligible services’ in the following location:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rent-officer-handbook-lettings-research/lettings-research-recording.
The full Rent Officer Handbook can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/valuation-office-agency-rent-officer-handbook.