Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many deposit resolution scheme claims were resolved in favour of the (a) landlord and (b) tenant in the last 12 months.
On average between April 2013 and end of March 2014 42% of disputes were resolved in favour of the landlord and 58% in favour of the tenant. Detail for the individual schemes is provided in the table below:
Scheme | Total Number of disputes | % in favour of Landlord | % in favour ofTenant |
Deposit Protection Scheme Custodial | 8,945 | 43 | 57 |
Deposit Protection Scheme Insurance | 12 | 50 | 50 |
MyDeposits | 6,590 | 30 | 70 |
Tenancy Deposit Scheme | 9,482 | 49 | 51 |