Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2021 to Question 6305 on Landlords: Licensing, how many local authorities have requested approval from his Department for the extension of their landlord licensing scheme in each of the last four years; and for applications made in each of those years how many of those requests are outstanding.

All schemes are assessed using the same framework, regardless of whether they are putting in a place a new scheme or are renewals or extensions. Since 2016 the Secretary of State for Housing has received 21 applications for a selective licensing scheme.