§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of private sector landlords who are members of a trade association of landlords. [87350]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe Department does not have this information.
However, we know that the National Federation of Residential Landlords has 42 affiliated landlord associations covering some 10,000 members and that the Residential Landlords Association has 560 individual landlord members. Additionally, the British Property Federation has over 500 members, which include companies, individuals and associations, who own, manage and invest in and develop property in the commercial and residential sector. Overall there are some 2 million privately renting households and the median number of lettings in a landlord's portfolio is seven.