Question follow-through · 11560
Mortgages
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with (a) the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) mortgage lenders on the potential merits of using rent payment history as an indicator of mortgage affordability.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with (a) the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) mortgage lenders on the potential merits of using rent payment history as an indicator of mortgage affordability.
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government works closely with the Financial Conduct Authority to consider the regulation of the mortgage market and is regularly in contact with mortgage lenders on all aspects of their business, including the use of rental payments for affordability ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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