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Private Rented Housing: Electrical Safety

Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UIN HL9438, tabled on 11 July 2018

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in introducing electrical safety checks in the private rental sector.

Answered on

24 July 2018

Our recent public consultation sought views on introducing mandatory electrical safety checks in the private rented sector. There were just under 600 responses and we announced on 19 July that landlords will be required to have electrical installations in their properties checked every 5 years.