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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of regulation of long-term leasehold properties.

The Government is aware of concerns about the quality of service provided by some managing agents. That is why we introduced legislation ensuring that property management agents belong to an approved redress scheme. There are Codes of Practice in place that can be applied by the courts to raise standards.

We are working with a number of partners, including the Law Commission, and are exploring whether further changes are required to address issues in this area.