To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of (a) local authority and (b) registered social landlord properties sub-let to private renters. (145034)

The information requested is not held centrally.

Secure tenants of local authorities are prohibited by law from subletting the property to private renters or to anyone else. Tenants with assured periodic tenancies of Registered Social Landlords are also prohibited by law from sub-letting the property except with the consent of the landlord.

Where a property is illegally sub-let, it is for the landlord to take steps to repossess it.