Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of households that are affected by mould as of 9 December 2022; and whether his Department is taking steps to implement a strategy to help reduce that number.

The Secretary of State has written to social housing providers, setting out his expectation that they act swiftly to rectify damp and mould and be prepared to respond to the Regulator of Social Housing on the extent of these issues in their areas.

For the private rented sector, the Secretary of State has written to all local authorities setting out his expectation that they will take action to resolve poor housing conditions in their area and requiring them to respond to the department on current conditions.

The annual English Housing Survey publishes data on damp and mould.