Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 92574

Private Rented Housing: Databases

Tabled: 19 November 2025
Answered: 28 November 2025

Question

Neil Coyle

LabourBermondsey and Old Southwark

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making unique property reference numbers a requisite field in the private rented sector database.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
My government already intends to record unique property reference numbers on the Private Rented Sector Database in all instances where they are available.