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
Labour — Bermondsey 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 PennycookMy government already intends to record unique property reference numbers on the Private Rented Sector Database in all instances where they are available.