§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the reasons private landlords have given for refusing to participate in the pilot voluntary tenancy deposit scheme [138056]
§ Keith HillShortly after the publication of the consultation paper last year we published 'An Evaluation of the pilot Tenancy Deposit Scheme'—a report on a study carried out by the University of York. A digest of this report had been published alongside the consultation paper.
§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the statement by the hon. Member for Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper),Official Report, column 118WH, what estimate his Department has made of the potential costs of independent adjudication under a tenancy deposit scheme. [138057]
§ Keith HillThe estimated maximum cost of adjudications would be £19 million. However, this is based on the assumption that the rate of disputes inside a statutory scheme (requiring adjudication) would be the same as the current rate of alleged unreasonable withholding of deposits.