§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if, in assessing housing properties for compulsory competitive tendering purposes, the 4,000 de minimis threshold will apply to properties managed via management agreements, by(a) estate management boards, and (b) tenant management organisations. [12008]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe Minister for Local Government and Housing announced on 25 July that the proposed de minimis threshold for housing management compulsory competitive tendering should be stock based at 4,000 properties. There are no proposals to make any changes to the current definition of a local authority's housing stock. The definition as it stands includes most stock which a local authority provides under part II of the Housing Act 1985. Only hostels and flats which have been bought under the right-to-buy scheme are excluded. Therefore any properties which are managed by either estate management boards or tenant management organisations will count towards the de minimis calculation.