Question follow-through · 13906

Private Rented Housing: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to allow letting agents to submit data to the Private Rented Sector database on behalf of their landlords.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
1 Jul 2026
Answer
20 Jul 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to allow letting agents to submit data to the Private Rented Sector database on behalf of their landlords.

  2. 1 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Letting agents will be able to support landlords with the registration of their properties on the PRS Database, providing certain property information on their behalf. Both landlords and letting agents have been extensively involved throughout the Databas...

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