Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 81018

Leasehold: Service Charges

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Mr Joshua Reynolds

Liberal DemocratMaidenhead

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that leaseholders’ reserve funds are (a) legally protected, (b) transparently accounted for and (c) subject to independent oversight

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Landlords and managing agents are responsible for handling billions of pounds of service charge monies each year, including reserve fund monies. Service charge monies are legally protected since they must be held in trust and at a financial institution au...

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