Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 82875

Multiple Occupation: Loneliness and Mental Health

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of houses in multiple occupation on levels of (a) loneliness and (b) mental health issues in Surrey Heath constituency.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
My Department has no plans to make such an assessment. We will keep the regulation of HMOs under review.