Question follow-through · 98454

Private Rented Housing: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing an exemption from Selective Licensing Schemes to be granted to leaseholders whose properties are withi

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
11 Dec 2025
Answer
17 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing an exemption from Selective Licensing Schemes to be granted to leaseholders whose properties are withi

  2. 11 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    My Department has made no such assessment. We will continue to keep selective licensing regulations under review.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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