Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 87374

Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements

Tabled: 3 November 2025

Answered: 11 November 2025

Question

Layla Moran

Liberal Democrat — Oxford West and Abingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the planned timetable is for transferring tenants currently on shorthold tenancies to periodic assured tenancies.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The government intends to set out detailed implementation plans for the Renters’ Rights Act in the near future.