Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 18103

Business Premises: Rents

Tabled: 5 December 2024
Answered: 11 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Jeremy Corbyn

Your PartyIslington North

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that the Insolvency Service investigates landlords that do not follow tribunal rent rulings to pay back monies owed.

Answer

Justin Madders
If a landlord fails to pay a rent repayment order, the order may be enforced by creditors using civil recovery action, such as pursuing a County Court judgment or ultimately petitioning for a winding-up order against the company. Should a winding-up order...

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