Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) the scheme operating in Nice and (b) other French schemes for regulating the short term holiday let market as part of an assessment of the effectiveness of models to curb an excess of short-term holiday lets.

The Tourism Recovery Plan, published in June 2021, included a commitment to consult on a Tourism Accommodation Registration Scheme in England.

Ahead of this, however, the government intends to launch a call for evidence that will seek views on a range of issues that arise from the increase in short term and holiday letting.

The call for evidence will include a summary of approaches taken in other cities and countries globally, as some other countries have implemented measures in response to increases in short-term and holiday letting.