Undocumented Migrants: Private Rented Housing

(asked on 12th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil penalty notices issued under right to rent legislation have related to (a) lodgers and (b) tenants.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 31st January 2017

Phase 1 of the Right to Rent scheme ran in the West Midlands from 1 December 2014 to 31 January 2016. Phase 2 of the scheme started across England from 1 February 2016.

During phase 1 of the scheme, 15 landlords were issued with a civil penalty. Since the start of phase 2 of the scheme, 91 landlords have been issued with a civil penalty. All were first time penalties. 55 related to lodgers in a private household and 51 related to occupiers in rented accommodation.

There have been no appeals under the scheme. The total amount collected from the scheme up to 13 December 2016 is £29,575.31.

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