To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations she has received from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on home information packs since her decision to make home condition reports voluntary. (103862)

The Department has had an extensive dialogue with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) throughout the development of the HIPs programme. Since the July announcement on HIPs there has been a substantial amount of correspondence with Ministers and officials as well as meetings and telephone conversations.