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Home Information Packs

Volume 461: debated on Friday 15 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at what time on 16 May Mr. Justice Collins gave his interim oral ruling with regard to the application by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors for a judicial review of the decision previously made by her with regard to the inclusion of energy performance certificates in home information packs; and whether lawyers or others representing her were present when that ruling was made. (139783)

The Treasury Solicitor’s Office, who were acting for the Department, received a facsimile copy of the order, dated 17 may, at 12.27 pm on 17 May. Neither lawyers nor others representing the Department were present when the ruling was given.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether an estate agent will be able to sell a property with a home information pack produced by another estate agent. (140864)

There is nothing in the regulations to prevent an estate agent from selling a property with a home information pack produced by another estate agent, provided that the pack complies with the terms of the regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in which journals advertisements in relation to home information packs have been placed on behalf of her Department. (142690)

Advertising for the home information packs have been placed in the following journals:

The Negotiator

Mortgage Solutions

Estate Agency News

Mortgage Strategy

Lending Strategy

Money Marketing

Financial Adviser

Law Society Gazette

RICS Business

Period Living

House Beautiful

Good Housekeeping

House and Garden

25 Beautiful Homes

Country Living

World of Interiors

BBC Good Homes

Country Homes

Homes and Gardens

BBC Home and Antiques

Ideal Home

Living Etc

Real Homes

Daily Telegraph

Times

Guardian

Independent

Daily Mail

Express

Evening Standard

Londonpaper

Metro

London Lite

City AM

Sunday Telegraph

Sunday Times

Observer

Independent on Sunday

Mail on Sunday

Sunday Express

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

Exclusive Magazine

Southern Property Adviser

Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Cambridge Evening News

Cambridge Property News

South Shields Gazette

Teesside Evening Gazette

Sunderland Echo

Northern Echo

Hartlepool Mail

Shields Gazette

South Tyne Star

Yorkshire Evening Post

Hull Daily Mail

Sheffield Star

Bradford Telegraph and Argus

Yorkshire Evening Press

Grimsby Evening Telegraph

Halifax Evening Courier

Brighton Evening Argus

Portsmouth News

Reading Evening Post

Basildon Evening Echo

Colchester Evening Gazette

Kent Messenger

Bournemouth Daily Echo

Gloucester Citizen

Swindon Evening Advertiser

Bath Chronicle

Gloucestershire Echo

Liverpool Echo

Lancashire Evening Telegraph

Blackpool Gazette

Oldham Evening Chronicle

Amra and Clacksons Evening package

Birmingham Evening Mail

West Midland Express and Star

Stoke on Trent Evening Sentinel

Oxford Mail

Derby Evening Telegraph

Worcester Evening News

Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Ipswich Evening Star

Norwich Evening News

Southern Daily Echo

Exeter Express and Echo

Lincolnshire Echo

Bolton Evening News

Chester Chronicle

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph

Western Mail

Wrexham Evening Leader

South Wales Evening Post

South Wales Argus

Bangor Mail

Cambrian News

Carmarthen Journal

Pontypridd Observer

Manchester Evening News

Plymouth Evening Herald

Torquay Herald

Coventry Evening Telegraph

Nottingham Evening Post

Southwark News

Leicester Mercury

Norwich Evening News

Bristol Evening Post

Bath Chronicle

Chelmsford Weekly News

Hereford Times

Basingstoke Gazette

Daily Post—Welsh Edition

Caernarvon Herald

Holyhead and Bangor Mail

South Wales Echo

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many advertisements placed on behalf of her Department in relation to home improvement packs have been cancelled; (142691)

(2) how many advertisements have been placed on behalf of her Department in relation to home improvement packs.

Between April 2006 and May 2007 the Department placed a total of 852 advertisements in the press and relevant magazines—of these, a total of 538 were in magazines or newspapers published before the announcement on 22 May.

299 advertisements have now been re-scheduled and will be used to promote the phased introduction of home information packs on 1 August.

15 adverts went to print before the announcement was made but are in publications appearing after 22 May. It would be irresponsible for the Government not to inform people about this important change to the way homes are bought and sold. It is vital consumer information.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent on the marketing and advertising campaign to promote home information packs and energy performance certificates in the south-east Government office region. (143048)

The Department has spent £82,335 on the promotion of home information packs and energy performance certificates in the south-east Government office region.