Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many buy-to-let properties there are in the UK.

55% of landlords in England have a Buy-to-Let mortgage, as detailed in the English Private Landlord Survey 2018. This data can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-private-landlord-survey-2018-main-report.