Question follow-through · 3729

Private Rented Housing: Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protection is available to those tenants that were issued with a Section 21 notice by their landlords just before the Renters' Rights Act 2025 came into force.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
5 Jun 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protection is available to those tenants that were issued with a Section 21 notice by their landlords just before the Renters' Rights Act 2025 came into force.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The latest Ministry of Justice official possession statistics, which can be found on gov.uk here, make clear that from January to March 2026, accelerated possession claims in England decreased by 12% compared to the same quarter in the previous year.The g...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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