Social Rented Housing: Regulation
(asked on 20th September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many notifications the Regulator for Social Housing has received of a change of status from registered providers that have been (a) taken over, (b) merged and (c) changed their constitution in each of the last five years.
Since 6 April 2017, not for profit registered providers have been required to notify the regulator when they are undergoing particular constitutional events which may be considered a merger, take over or constitutional changes. Those notification requirements are set out in the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (as amended) and can be found in the direction about notification of constitutional changes and associated guidance.
Whilst there are other forms of merger, takeover or constitutional changes that may occur, the direction and guidance set out those that are required to be notified to the regulator. The table below shows the numbers of notifications the Regulator has received from not for profit registered providers that have been taken over, merged and changed their constitution in the last five years, in line with the direction.
| Number of notifications received | |||||
Calendar year | Transfer of Engagement * | Amalgamation * | Conversion from a registered society to a company or vice versa | Rule change relating to | ||
Becoming / ceasing to be a subsidiary | A possible change in designation | A change in charitable status | ||||
2017 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
2018 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
2019 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
2022 up to 21/9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
*Notifications of transfer of engagements and amalgamations can involve more than one registered provider.