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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes he plans to make to licence checks for landlords as a result of the west Birmingham Right to Rent pilot scheme.

My rt. hon. Friend, the Prime Minister has committed to rolling out the Right to Rent Check scheme nationwide. A decision on how the Government intends to complete roll out will take into account the findings from the evaluation of phase 1. The Department is currently considering what changes are necessary to licensing provisions applying in England to the private rented sector to reflect the roll out. We shall be publishing our plans shortly.