Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press release entitled Stronger protections and greater confidence for renters, published on 9 September 2026, what estimate he has made of the expected average time taken by the Valuation Office to determine a challenge to a rent increase.

We are working across Government to agree the detailed design of this service, which will provide faster and simpler resolutions of rent disputes.