Speeches

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town on 2014-06-05.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many estate agents were subject to (1) a warning notice, and (2) a prohibition order, for each year since 1984 under the Estate Agents Act 1979.

Viscount Younger of Leckie

Until 31 March 2014, the Office of Fair Trading was responsible for enforcing the Estate Agency Act 1979. Since then, its functions have been transferred to Powys County Council, under the National Trading Standards Board Umbrella.

Data from the archived register for prohibition orders and warning notices in relation to the OFT and its predecessors was:

Year

Prohibition Orders

Warning Notices

Year

Prohibition Orders

Warning Notices

2014

7

4

2007

13

2

2013

3

7

2006

2

4

2012

10

0

2005

6

5

2011

0

0

2004

1

6

2010

1

4

2003

3

0

2009

9

5

2002

2

0

2008

8

4

2001

0

0

Year

Prohibition Order

Warning Notice

Year

Prohibition Order

Warning Notice

2000

2

1

1991

8

1

1999

2

0

1990

2

2

1998

0

0

1989

1

0

1997

0

0

1988

6

2

1996

2

0

1987

3

0

1995

3

0

1986

12

2

1994

5

0

1985

5

2

1993

7

0

1984

0

0

1992

5

0