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1701825

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Section 21 notices have been issued in (a) Lancashire and (b) Preston in each of the last five years; and what steps his Department is taking to support tenants facing eviction under a Section 21 notice.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	22233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2024-02-21%2Fhl2677&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.Advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce0ef8e7a813341cedc1508dc608c5b1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638491403132997622%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qPDI47OiJeHI8DJU%2BoD%2BbNHKwO%2F7aMt7pei55e3mMdw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HL2677</a> on 6 March 2024. We are abolishing Section 21 evictions as part of the Renters (Reform) Bill.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 22/04/2024 14:18:29 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1697929

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the timeframe for court digitisation being sufficiently progressed to allow for implementation of a ban on section 21 no fault evictions.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	19846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is working with the Ministry of Justice, His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) and the Judiciary to drive improvements to the county court possession process.</p><p>We will set out more details about our implementation plans in due course.</p><p>Local authorities are under a duty to record any banning orders against landlords or property agents on the Database; and are responsible for uploading and maintaining records. Guidance for local authorities on the use of the database can be found <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F5ac63a19e5274a5adc960cf1%2FDatabase_of_rogue_landlords_statutory_guidance.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C8d1494e4822e47f156d008dc4e838985%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638471574049498371%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uiBXPtPddF43p5FILnuKZCeGVOXSst0N431I2996e8k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Our latest data from the English Private Landlord Survey shows that in 2021, 57% of landlords had a buy-to-let mortgage. The impact assessment for the Renters (Reform) Bill is available online.</p><p>The Government publishes quarterly homelessness statistics, including causes of homelessness. This includes a breakdown of the reported reason for homelessness for households who are homeless or threatened with homelessness due to end of an Assured Shorthold Tenancy. The data is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fhomelessness-statistics&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C8d1494e4822e47f156d008dc4e838985%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638471574049498371%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hmj4AnKtFOOXsM7%2FmmjhrZd0bTizZ4dzjLJ8cBikvro%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Local authorities will have access to the full range of information recorded on the Property Portal. We do not have plans to record Tenants’ information on the Property Portal.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young grouped question UIN 19844 19845 19847 19848 19849 question first answered 28/03/2024 13:11:42 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1691776

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of private tenants who were evicted under section 21 provisions in 2023 were subsequently accommodated in social housing.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	15767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 04/03/2024 12:29:40 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1675495

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to monitor the number of private tenants evicted under Section 21 notices.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	5258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The department monitors the volume of repossessions by county court bailiffs in landlord cases using quarterly statistics published by the Ministry of Justice. The statistics also include volumes of accelerated possession claims brought to the courts where the landlord has served a section 21 notice.</p><p>The statistics can be accessed <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young grouped question UIN 5257 question first answered 13/12/2023 11:57:22 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1665834

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the time taken to process cases by Section 8 tribunals.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	203401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the Renters (Reform) Bill Second Reading, debated on Monday 23 October (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-10-23/debates/E9FEB6DF-B896-4579-918F-8E99F7A35AAD/Renters(Reform)Bill#contribution-ED64C51F-BAA8-4B3F-8B95-ACBA65AE9F1B" target="_blank">Official Report, HC Volume 738, Column 630</a> ).</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 203400 question first answered 26/10/2023 09:58:14 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1652724

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress his Department has made on ending no fault evictions in the private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	193960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-06-28%2F191614&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce7c6b9f73be540a05c6e08db8901b816%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638254412720097490%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4PVGDRfQbDyvEGebQqej4VM38vGzlt7WrlQubL%2FFIPI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">191614</a> on 6 July 2023.</p><p>We remain committed to ending rough sleeping and tackling homelessness. We have given councils over £2 billion over three years to help them tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, targeted to areas where it is needed most. In Leicester, this includes £2,383,257 funding through the Homelessness Prevention Grant for 2023/24 and 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 193961 question first answered 20/07/2023 16:15:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1648633

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that people in private rented accommodation are not evicted from their properties due to increases in rents.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	191614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the Renters (Reform) Bill currently awaiting Second Reading.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 06/07/2023 15:00:30 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1645048

registered interest
date	15/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of section 21 evictions was in each region of England in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	189926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on the volume of Section 21 evictions.</p><p>These figures are published up to March 2023 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 20/06/2023 09:59:28 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1641325

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many evictions have taken place under Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 in the past (a) 12, (b) six and (c) three months.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	187346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on the volume of Section 21 evictions. These figures are published up to March 2023 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 187348 question first answered 12/06/2023 16:35:16 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1641331

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of section 21 evictions in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	187348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on the volume of Section 21 evictions. These figures are published up to March 2023 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 187346 question first answered 12/06/2023 16:35:16 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury