Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 116835
Rents: Appeals
Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Gareth Bacon
Conservative — Orpington
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made in undertaking a viability assessment for the use of (a) an alternative body and (b) a mechanism to make initial rent determinations in case
Answer
Matthew PennycookOfficials in my Department engage regularly with a range of stakeholders, including officials working in Rent Services Scotland. Subject to a final viability assessment, the government intends to establish an alternative body or mechanism to the First-tie...
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