To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what guidance his Department issues on the continued marketing of a home with a home information pack which lacks (a) a local property search and (b) leasehold information after 28 days from the first day of marketing have elapsed; (277013)

The Procedural Guidance on the Home Information Pack (No.2) Regulations 2007 provides guidance on these matters. The guidance is available on the CLG website at:

www.communities.gov.uk/publications/housing/hipregulations

The explanatory note on section 156 of the Housing Act 2004 provides further guidance on the rules governing the provision of copies of the HIP. The explanatory notes on the 2004 Act are available at

www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2004/en/ukpgaen_20040034_en_1