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	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Freedom of Information
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to include housing associations and tenant management organisations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
	uin	HL16719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government agrees that landlords, including housing associations, should be accountable and transparent in their dealings with tenants and be responsive to their needs. However, we do not believe the extension of the FOI to housing associations is the best means of achieving that.</p><p>Housing Associations are already required to make a significant amount of information public. They are required to publish their accounts annually, including a strategic report covering issues such as the remunerations of key personnel.</p><p>The Regulator of Social Housing, which regulates the sector, also publishes information supplied by Housing Association at individual provider level, including details of their stock holdings, rent levels and evictions.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 03/07/2019 13:11:07 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley

1050843

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Freedom of Information
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to extend the scope of freedom of information laws to include bodies in the private sector that provide public services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL13262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has already introduced a range of measures to increase transparency in public sector contracts and is publishing more data than ever before. At present, the Government has no plans to legislate in this area.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/02/2019 12:33:14 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick