A question on #PrivateRentedHousing #TenancyDepositSchemes tabled by Darren Paffey on 24-06-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Deposit Schemes
Question ID: 1816120
UIN: 62502
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-24
Asking Member ID: 5270
Asking Member display name: Darren Paffey
Asking Member handle: darrenpaffey
Asking Member Twitter reference: @darrenpaffey
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of using (a) no-deposit and (b) deposit alternative schemes in the private rented sector on tenants; and wha
Is named day: true
Date of holding answer: 2025-07-01
Date answered: 2025-07-02
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: The government is aware of the issues raised in 2023 by the Competition and Markets Authority in relation to deposit products.While my Department has not conducted a detailed assessment of ‘zero-deposit’ or ‘deposit alternative’ products, we continue to m...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true