The Regulator for Social Housing (RSH) has written to local
authority chief executives to confirm arrangements for the
collection of the Local Authority Data Return (LADR) in 2022.
The LADR, collects information on social housing stock and
rents and was first collected in 2020 to allow the RSH to regulate
councils' compliance with the Rent Standard and is collected
annually from all local authorities registered with the
RSH.
In 2022 the LADR survey will be open for submission
between 1 April 2022 and 15 July 2022. Guidance on completing
the LADR will be made available on the NROSH+ website on or shortly before
it opens (NROSH+ is the data collection system and website, through
which the regulator collects regulatory data and information from
Registered Providers). Local authorities are asked to ensure that
guidance materials are reviewed before the completion of
the LADR, and that stock is correctly categorised and recorded
accurately according to the latest applicable legislation and that
returns are submitted as early as possible within the survey
period.
The RSH recommend that councils should review their 2021
submission using the 'View Previous Survey' facility on
the NROSH+ system. The RSH may contact councils regarding
changes in stock totals; the number of units excepted from the rent
standard; and changes in rent figures which are outside of expected
ranges.