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Friday, 14 July 2006 |
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The controversial home information pack scheme is in crisis because only 232 people have been trained to produce them - just three per cent of the thousands of inspectors the Government says are needed.
Critics of the scheme, which is due to be introduced less than a year from now, have demanded that ministers urgently rethink the deadline or be responsible for a meltdown in the housing market.
The Government has admitted it will need up to 7,400 specially trained "housing inspectors" in place by next June, but a response to a parliamentary question put to Yvette Cooper, the housing minister, revealed that only 232 people have completed their training which began nine months ago.
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