Oral QuestionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

“What assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on local authority finance of the covid-19 outbreak.”

Tabled: 24 March 2020Answered: 30 March 2020

Asked by

Catherine West

Labour — Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)

The Government are committed to improving protections for renters and owners of park homes. On 5 March, my Department published a call for evidence with a view to establishing the rationale for the required payment of a commission of up to 10% of the sale price when a park home is sold. We continue to analyse the feedback received. I hope to be able to publish a detailed summary of the responses in the near future, and, as per the commitments that I have previously given, we will set out the Government’s final position on this matter by the end of the year.