Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on the (a) development and (b) implementation of the registration scheme for short-term lets.

DCMS has commenced the second phase of digital development for the short-term lets registration scheme legislated for in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023. During this phase, we will test the user interface with a small number of users to ensure our systems and processes are robust and effective, before publicly launching a first version of the scheme. Public testing is planned to start within the next 9 months, with secondary legislation required to enact the scheme.