Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 117413

Leasehold: Service Charges

Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 11 March 2026

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling tenants and residents to pay disputed service charges to the courts while disputes with landlords are being

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government has not made a specific assessment of the potential merits of paying disputed service charges to the courts while disputes are being heard.