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

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their decision to require landlords to be part of a redress scheme will include long-lease landlords, as well as management companies and those charging a fee for the administration of a long lease or freehold management scheme.

The Secretary of State recently announced a package of measures to better protect tenants including that all letting agents will have to register with an appropriate organisation, and that all landlords will have to be part of a redress scheme. This will give landlords and tenants confidence that their agent is meeting minimum standards.

On 18 October, my Department published a call for evidence seeking views on the regulation of letting and managing agents in the private rented and leasehold sectors. It includes questions on the scope and objectives of any regulation, including the types of services that should be included and classes of people or property professionals who should be covered by any regulator.

The call for evidence closes on 29 November and an announcement will be made in due course .