Each year by 31 October every social landlord must prepare and publish an Annual Assurance Statement which confirms whether it meets Regulatory Standards and Requirements.

The Regulator will visit 11 landlords to understand their approach to preparing their Statement and how their have assured themselves about compliance with Regulatory Requirements and Standards. The visits will have a particular focus on how landlords have assured themselves about compliance with their tenant and resident safety duties and the accuracy of the data they submit to The Regulator in their Annual return on the Charter (ARC).

Helen Shaw, director of regulation, said: “The Statements are a way for governing bodies and committees to assure themselves and their tenants and service users that they comply with Regulatory Requirements and Standards, or to disclose where they need to improve.

“This is our second programme of visits to landlords about the Statements. The visits will enable us to find out more about the self-assurance work landlords do to enable them to submit their Statement. We will publish a report later this year on the findings to share lessons learned.”

The 11 social landlords we will visit this year are:

• Atrium Homes
• Dumfries and Galloway Council
• East Kilbride HA
• East Renfrewshire Council
• Elderpark HA
• Fife Council
• Rural Stirling HA
• Key HA
• Paisley HA
• Midlothian Council
• Riverside Scotland