Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of existing legislation to allow landlords to access let properties to rectify problems that threaten the safety of other residents and the wider community.

The Housing Act 1988 provides that it is an implied term of every assured tenancy that a tenant shall give the landlord access to the property in order to carry out any necessary repairs. This approach strikes a reasonable balance between the tenant's right to peaceful enjoyment of their home and the landlord's ability to gain access to their property when a repair needs to be carried out.