FOI Request - Enforcement - Private Landlords and Homes

Request 101003910992

I am writing to request information held by you about enforcement actions taken in relation to private landlords and privately rented homes.

1.     Information requested

Please provide, for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025 inclusive, a month-by-month dataset showing the number of enforcement actions undertaken against private landlords and/or in respect of privately rented dwellings.For each month, please provide the following fields (as held in your records):
a) Month (YYYY-MM)
b) Enforcement action type (using your own internal categories or statutory power labels)
c) Reason/category for the action (using whatever category/issue code you use for tracking)
d) Outcome/status of the action (using your tracking outcomes, e.g. complied, appealed, revoked, conviction, civil penalty issued, penalty paid/unpaid, works in default completed, etc.)
e) Count of actions (integer)
If your system records an action at property-level or case-level, please count each recorded enforcement action instance. If multiple notices/orders are recorded under a single case, please count each distinct action as recorded in your system.

2.     Scope and definitions (to reduce ambiguity)
For avoidance of doubt, by “enforcement actions” I mean any formal action taken under housing, public health, licensing, planning, or related statutory powers that you record as enforcement against a private landlord or a privately rented property. This includes (where held) but is not limited to:
•       Housing Act 2004 actions such as Improvement Notices, Prohibition Orders, Hazard Awareness Notices, Emergency Remedial Action, Emergency Prohibition Orders, and related notices/orders.
•       HMO licensing enforcement actions (mandatory/additional/selective licensing), including licence refusal/revocation, civil penalties, prosecutions, and any recorded enforcement notices relating to licensing breaches.
•       Works in default, rent repayment order applications initiated by the authority, and any other formal PRS enforcement powers you record.
If you use a narrower operational definition of “enforcement action” for reporting, please apply your standard definition and explain it briefly.

Response 04-02-2026

The information requested can be found here.