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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on which date he plans to publish the findings of the consultation, entitled Banning letting agent fees paid by tenants, published on 7 April 2017.

The Government's eight week consultation on banning letting fees paid by tenants closed on 2 June. Over 4,700 responses were received, which are being analysed. The Government will publish its response in due course once all the data and responses have been considered.

The Government recently announced in the Queen’s Speech its intention to publish a draft Bill to ban letting fees paid by tenants in England. A ban will help to deliver a more competitive, more affordable and more transparent lettings market. The approach taken in the draft Bill will be informed by the consultation responses.