Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 101903

Rent Repayment Orders

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there will be further expansion of the Rent Repayment Order scheme.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department is currently running a Rent Repayment Order pilot with 41 local authorities. The purpose of the pilot is to assess the effectiveness of the scheme and its impact on enforcement activity. We will evaluate the pilot and subject to positive fi...
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