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

To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil penalties were issued to private landlords in each of the past three years; and what the total value of these fines were.

My Department does not currently hold the requested information.

We are in the process of implementing a new mandatory collection of private rented sector enforcement data from local housing authorities, which will include the number of civil penalties issued and the total amount of income received from civil penalties.