HIP providers urge local authorities to cooperate

AHIPP says a number of local authorities are withholding information needed to compile a HIP from private sector search companies, and this needs to change. Under temporary rules, private sector search companies are able to use insurance to cover any risks to consumers if local authorities withhold information needed to compile a HIP. AHIPP says this arrangement is likely to expire by the end of 2008, and local authorities will find themselves subject to intense pressure and negative publicity if they do not allow private search companies to do their job. Mike Ockenden, director general ...