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date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many civil penalties have been used by local authorities since their introduction in April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	122706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Housing and Planning Act 2016 provides new powers for local authorities to impose a civil penalty of up to £30,000 as an alternative to prosecution for a range of offences under the Housing Act 2004. These powers came into force on 6 April 2017. The Government does not collect data on the number of civil penalties issued</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 23/01/2018 13:48:56 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 35211 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

823025

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to extend mandatory licencing schemes for landlords in the private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	122708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government proposes to extend the scope of mandatory houses in multiple occupation (HMO) licensing, so that a licence is required for HMOs with five or more occupiers. We published our response to our HMO reforms consultation in December 2017, and we plan to lay the necessary regulations before Parliament shortly with a view to bringing them into force (subject to approval) in October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 23/01/2018 13:49:24 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 35212 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse