United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 77693
Landlords: Licensing
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16 September 2025
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17 October 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider introducing legislation allowing councils to introduce landlord licensing powers across whole cities, rather than selective schemes.
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16 September 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider introducing legislation allowing councils to introduce landlord licensing powers across whole cities, rather than selective schemes.
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17 October 2025
Answer
On 23 December 2024, a new General Approval for selective licensing came into force. This enables local authorities to introduce selective licensing schemes of any size without seeking approval from the Secretary of State. Under the previous 2015 General ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-16/77693
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1835980
- uk · wq-1835980 · source updated 17 October 2025