Private Rented Housing: Evictions

Ministry of Justice written question – answered on 25 April 2023.

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Photo of Damien Moore Damien Moore Conservative, Southport

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of abolishing section 21 eviction notices on the caseload of courts in England and Wales.

Photo of Damien Moore Damien Moore Conservative, Southport

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of giving renters the right to challenge rent increases on the caseload of the first-tier tribunal in England and Wales.

Photo of Damien Moore Damien Moore Conservative, Southport

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) changes to processes and (b) increases in capacity would be required in the courts and tribunals system to implement the policies set out in the white paper entitled A fairer private rented sector, published on 16 June 2022, CP 693.

Photo of Mike Freer Mike Freer Assistant Whip, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is currently working to produce a Justice Impact Test (JIT) that will clarify the implications of repealing section 21 of the Housing Act, the new grounds for possession and the other measures detailed in the White Paper on case volumes, court processes and resources.

A JIT is a mandatory specific impact test - undertaken as part of the wider impact assessment process - that considers the impact of government policy and legislative proposals on the justice system.

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