Mary Glindon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Glindon on 2016-07-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans for local authorities to have access to (a) tenancy deposit protection scheme data and (b) the database of rogue landlords and property agents as provided for in the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

Gavin Barwell

Following the positive measures to tackle rogue landlords that we have delivered in the Housing and Planning Act 2016, we are working with the Tenancy Deposit Protection (TDP) Schemes on providing local authorities with access to the relevant data by the end of this year.

Work is also underway to prepare the database of rogue landlords and property agents which will require affirmative regulations to be considered by Parliament.