Statutory Basis: (Rent Assessment Committees, Leasehold Valuation Tribunals or Residential Property Tribunals) constituted in accordance with s.65 of and Sch.10 to the Rent Act 1977

Description: Panels constituted to decide appeals against fair rent determinations and to determine a rent; to adjudicate in disputes about the enfranchisement of holding renewals and service charges/insurance etc; or to decide if an authority can prevent a home being bought on grounds of suitability for occupation by elderly people

Jurisdiction: England only

Website: www.rpts.gov.uk

Statistical data for 2008/09 Financial Year

Judicial Pool: 280

Days Sat: 4,746

Receipts: 8,275

Withdrawn: 3,464

Decided: 4,811

Outstanding: 526

Success Rate: n/a

Oral Hearings: 65%

Waiting Times: 10 weeks to hearing, 20 days to dispatch of written decision

Committees

Scottish
Committee

Cymru / Welsh
Committee