Question follow-through · 1965
Social Rented Housing: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the average rent debt accrued against the estate of a deceased sole social housing tenant between the date of death and the formal ending
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 27 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the average rent debt accrued against the estate of a deceased sole social housing tenant between the date of death and the formal ending
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2026
Answer published
The government does not collect data on rent debt accrued against the estate of a deceased sole tenant.When a sole tenant dies, where a tenancy is not legally ended immediately, rent continues to accrue until the tenancy is legally brought to an end. Any ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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