Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2019 to Question 249189 on Regulator of Social Housing, how many respondents to the consultation on the Social Housing Green Paper in 2018 (a) supported and (b) rejected the proposal to consider removing the serious detriment test used to determine compliance with the Home Standard if it is a bar to a more proactive approach by the Regulator of Social Housing.

We met over 500 residents and received over 1,000 responses to the Social Housing Green Paper consultation. We are currently considering the responses to the consultation and will publish the government's response in due course.