Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 88657

Private Rented Housing: Research

Tabled: 10 November 2025

Answered: 21 November 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) research and (b) data his Department (i) collates and (ii) procures to monitor (A) trends in levels of private sector rent, (B) the number of dwellings for private rent

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

My Department routinely monitors trends across the private rented sector, including levels of rent; the number of dwellings for private rent; and the number of private sector landlords.To do this, we make use of data from existing surveys such as the Engl...

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