Multiple Occupation: Foreign Workers
Communities and Local Government
Written answers and statements, 4 March 2008
Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government has taken to improve waste disposal services in multi-occupancy housing areas with large migrant worker populations.
Caroline Flint (Minister of State (Housing), Department for Communities and Local Government; Don Valley, Labour)
The Government have implemented management regulations that apply to all houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). The management regulations impose a variety of duties on the managers of such properties, including the duty to provide waste disposal facilities and ensure arrangements are in place for the disposal of refuse and litter from the property using the waste disposal services provided by the local authority. A breach of a management regulation is subject to a fine of £5,000.