Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference section 1.19 of his Department's Guidance for landlords and tenants, what plans he has to collect and publish data on the number of tenants and landlords who mark their possession claim COVID-19.

HMCTS are working to collect data on various aspects of the possession process including the 'Covid marking' of cases. We have no plans at present to expand on the current published data which is available here https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics.