Written questions

Landlords: Unpaid Fines

Lords · Question HL15218 · Tabled 4 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 16 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Baroness Thornhill

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of civil penalties issued by local authorities to private landlords over each of the past three years were uncollected.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 16 Mar 2026

My Department does not currently hold the requested information.We are in the process of implementing a new mandatory collection of private rented sector enforcement data from local housing authorities, which will include the number of civil penalties iss...