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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what information local authorities have provided to them on the number of prosecutions brought against private landlords for the letting of illegal housing provision in sheds and other buildings in private gardens.

The department does not require local authorities to report the number of prosecutions brought against private landlords.

Between 2011 and 2016 we provided over £12 million in grant funding for local authorities to tackle rogue landlords, including tackling illegal housing provision, which resulted in 70,000 inspections and 5,000 facing enforcement action or prosecution.