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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department plans to manage the proposed national register for short-term lets; what information property owners will be required to provide to the register; and what estimate she has made of the (a) timeframe for implementing and (b) average cost to property owners to register their properties on the system.

We are now conducting an initial phase of digital development to test how the short-term lets registration scheme is best delivered. This initial phase of digital development will allow us to consider and test how the scheme is best managed, including matters such as the frequency of registration, which information should be collected and cost to property owners. Further details on the scheme will be provided later this year, including our full response to the consultation and information on the legislative process that will bring the scheme to life.