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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures are in place to prevent excessive noise from houses in multiple occupation.

Local authorities have existing statutory powers to tackle excessive noise from residential properties including Houses in Multiple Occupation. Where a property has been proven to be a statutory nuisance through excessive noise, councils must serve an abatement notice on the people responsible for the statutory nuisance, or, if this is not possible, on a premises owner or occupier. Failure to comply with the notice can result in prosecution and a fine.