Statutory Undertakers

Historically before deregulation it caused a lot of issues, now the scenario today, is there is no centralized body for statutory providers. As a result, the industry is up for sale currently with companies demanding sums of money for information which is potentially disproportionate to its cost. Take for example Vtesse they demand £360 for a statutory search. Whilst this might be proportionate compared to the health and safety risk is construction takes place in an area where say a gas pipe is lying. There is no reason to suggest why this cannot be on a centralized system which people can find the relevant Statutory Undertakers on a portal. The result of not having this, can be costly to business and slow down the obtaining of Stats.