The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published the outcome of its small social housing provider data submission pilot.

The regulator carried out the voluntary pilot with a range of small social housing providers, including local authorities, almshouses, for-profit providers, supported housing specialists and other private registered providers.

The RSH says the pilot helped it understand small providers’ experience of collecting TSMs so far, and to assess the potential benefits and challenges of them submitting TSM data to RSH.

Using further insights from the pilot, the regulator has also concluded that it will continue with its existing approach of not requiring small providers to submit TSM data. Results from small providers cannot often be compared directly with each other in a meaningful way, and requiring a TSM data submission could create an additional burden for small providers. The report sets out more information about RSH’s approach.

Small providers, like all social landlords, are still required to collect TSMs and publish the results.

Will Perry, Director of Strategy at RSH, said: “We are grateful to all the providers who took part in our data submission pilot. We really value the additional insight they gave us, which demonstrates the value of small provider TSMs, and confirmed our existing approach to data submission.

“All social landlords, including small providers, must continue to use their TSM results to drive service improvements for the benefit of tenants.”

A social landlord is classed as ‘small’ by the RSH if they have fewer than 1,000 homes.

Large landlords (with 1,000 homes or more) need to submit their TSM data to the regulator every year. It will publish its analysis of large landlords’ second-year TSM results later in the autumn.