Written question asked by Lord Pickles (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 October 2008. It was answered by Iain Wright (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 October 2008 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

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Home Information Packs

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 15 September 2008, Official Report, column 2085W, on home information packs, what assessment (a) her Department and (b) consultants for her Department have made of the typical maximum period within which a local authority search in a home information pack will be accepted as valid by a mortgage lender.