Written questions

Leasehold: Insurance

Lords · Question HL6140 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Pinnock

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 24 March (HL Deb cols 1447-9), whether they have met insurance companies about the rising insurance costs of leaseholders due to the lower remediation required by PA

Answer

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 8 Apr 2025

Officials in my department engage regularly with the insurance industry and Minister Norris met representatives earlier in the year. PAS9980:2022 sets out steps that can be taken to identify and assess risk factors as well as mitigation steps that might i...