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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of trends in the levels of bidding for properties in the private rental sector in the last 12 months; and what steps his Department is taking to help prevent rental inflation in the private rented sector in Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency.

Letting agents and landlords must be transparent and open about pricing of properties.

Our White Paper 'A Fairer Private Rented Sector' which sets out our plan to reform the sector and level up housing quality in this country. These measures will help prevent unfair rent increases for tenants, in Newcastle upon Tyne and across England, while ensuring landlords can continue to make necessary changes to rent.