Question follow-through · 116839
Private Rented Housing: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Local Government organisations on the administration of Selective Licensing schemes and how learnings from those schemes are informing developmen
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
- Rents: Appeals · 10 Apr 2026
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- Private Rented Housing: Rents · 28 Apr 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Local Government organisations on the administration of Selective Licensing schemes and how learnings from those schemes are informing developmen
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
Selective licensing schemes and the Private Rented Sector Database have entirely different purposes. Unlike the Database, individual selective licensing schemes enable more intensive proactive enforcement strategies to address specific local issues. My De...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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