Question follow-through · 117865
Private Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many landlords exited the private rented sector in each year since 2020.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many landlords exited the private rented sector in each year since 2020.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Mar 2026
Answer published
My Department does not hold the information requested.HMRC data on the number of landlords in England declaring income from rental property, which can be found on gov.uk here, shows overall stability in the number of landlords since 2019-20.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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