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Written question asked by Baroness Thornhill (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 March 2026. It was answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Labour) on Monday, 16 March 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.


Landlords: Unpaid Fines

Question

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

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 issued and the total amount of income received from civil penalties.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL15218
Session
2024-26
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Landlords Private rented housing Unpaid fines
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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