Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 4 November 2025.
Suella Braverman
Conservative, Fareham and Waterlooville
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to ensure transparency in the (a) service charges, (b) insurance premiums, (c) permissions for property alterations and (d) other management practices of freehold companies.
Suella Braverman
Conservative, Fareham and Waterlooville
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce (a) statutory limits and (b) oversight mechanisms to prevent excessive administrative fees by freeholders for routine property requests.
Lee Anderson
Reform UK, Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to enforce time limits for development companies of newbuild housing estates to have roads adopted by local authorities.
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
I refer the hon. and Rt Hon. Members to the answer given to Question UIN 80700 on 20 October 2025.
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