RM chosen for Government data

RNS Number : 8649D

RM PLC

10 December 2009

 



  10 December 2009

RM chosen for Government data services contract

RM has been awarded a £3m, four-year contract to provide data services for the Tenant Services Authority (TSA), the regulator for social housing. The contract will be delivered by the Group's Assessment and Data division.

RM will be responsible for designing, implementing and managing the National Register of Social Housing (NROSH), a national database containing detailed information about four million properties across England. The project includes collecting data from 1,500 housing associations and 150 local authorities, checking and collating this data, and providing reporting and data analysis tools. NROSH will be used by the TSA, and other stakeholders, to inform research, policy making and investment decisions.

Terry Sweeney, Chief Executive of RM, said:

"RM has developed significant expertise in providing complex and innovative public-sector data services. The NROSH project builds on the skills and experience we have developed delivering these kinds of services for other government departments."

For further information, please contact: 

Mike Greig/Phil Hemmings, RM plc	08450 700300
Chris Blundell/Franziska Boehnke, Brunswick	020 7404 5959

Notes:

  

1.   The RM Group is a leading provider of educational solutions that help teachers to teach and learners to learn. RM works closely with educationalists to create new products, processes and technology which improve education. RM is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol RM.L, ISIN GB0002870417. Further details are available at ww.rm.com/investors and through the Group’s investor blog at rminvestors.wordpress.com

2.   The Tenant Services Authority (TSA) is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Government department for Communities and Local Government. It is the independent regulator for social housing. The TSA launched on 1 December 2008 and currently regulates housing associations. From spring 2010, subject to Parliamentary approval, the TSA will also regulate other providers of social housing, such as local authorities and arm’s-length management organisations.

3.   The National Register of Social Housing (NROSH) is a system for collecting social housing data on individual properties directly from local authorities and housing associations.

 

 

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