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Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Deposit Schemes

Commons · Question 62502 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 2 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Darren Paffey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of using (a) no-deposit and (b) deposit alternative schemes in the private rented sector on tenants; and wha

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 2 Jul 2025

The government is aware of the issues raised in 2023 by the Competition and Markets Authority in relation to deposit products.While my Department has not conducted a detailed assessment of ‘zero-deposit’ or ‘deposit alternative’ products, we continue to m...