HC Deb 22 April 1996 vol 276 c3W
Dr. Wright

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what(a) annual reports, (b) annual accounts, (c) minutes of meetings, (d) agendas of meetings and (e) registers of members' interests are published by registered housing associations; and if in each case it is under a statutory requirement. [25966]

Mr. Clappison

Registered housing associations are required by statute to provide a copy of their audited annual accounts to the Housing Corporation which holds them available for inspection. All other requirements are non-statutory. The main ones areThe tenants guarantee which requires associations to keep their tenants informed about their housing management performance. Housing Corporation programme performance standards under which associations are required to conduct their affairs in an open and accountable way, disseminating widely information about their housing provision and activities. The National Federation of Housing Association's code of governance which requires board members to declare conflicts of interest and associations to maintain records of interests of board members and senior staff and to make them available for public inspection.