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Rent Repayment Orders: Information Sharing

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 102490

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to extend the Rent Repayment Order data sharing scheme to additional local authorities.

Answered by 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 findings, we plan to implement nationally.

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