202300339953 · FOI · unclear
Landlord register and tenancy deposit protection: FOI release
Information requested
The total number of private rented properties on the Scottish Landlord Register on 31 March in each of the past 10 years. The total number of deposits protected by each government-accredited tenancy deposit protection scheme on 31 March 2022. The total value of deposits protected by each government-accredited tenancy deposit protection scheme on 31 March 2022. The number of deposits a) submitted for protection and b) released from protection under each government-accredited tenancy deposit protection scheme for each of the past six financial years. The number of disputes adjudicated by each government-accredited tenancy deposit protection scheme in the year to 31 March 2022.
Response
The answer to your questions are as follows:
The total number of private rented properties on the Scottish Landlord Register on 31 March in each of the past 10 years. Total Number of Private Rented Properties on the Landlord Register in March* of each year 2012-2022
DATE TOTAL NUMBER OF PRIVATE RENTED PROPERTIES March 2022 338,768 March 2021 339,604 March 2020 341,505 March 2019 436,990 December 2018 434,317 January 2017 361,884 March 2016 356,792 March 2015 343,713 March 2014 324,702 March 2013 291,190 March 2012 270,210
*Data for total number of private rented properties has been provided where data is available between 2017-2018 These figures are taken from the Landlord Registration System, which is an administrative system used primarily to manage the registration of landlords and rental properties, and has not been designed to produce robust statistical figures on the sector. The IT platform was migrated 2018/19 and therefore the available figures presented should therefore be considered in the context of data quality issues; a risk of duplicated data and double counting of rental properties in certain instances for joint owners, as well as data issues stemming from any potential lags in the provision of information by landlords on changes to circumstances to existing registrations.
The total number of deposits protected by each government-accredited tenancy deposit protection scheme on 31 March 2022.
Letting Protection Service Scotland my|deposits Scotland SafeDeposits Scotland Total Number of deposits held in designated accounts at end March 2022 29,759 61,708 156,739 248,129
The total value of deposits protected by each government-accredited tenancy deposit protection scheme on 31 March 2022.
Letting Protection Service Scotland my|deposits Scotland SafeDeposits Scotland Total Value of deposits held in designated accounts at end March 2022 £27,264,616 £29,474,484 £122,690,088 £179,350,220
The number of deposits a) submitted for protection and b) released from protection under each government-accredited tenancy deposit protection scheme for each of the past six financial years.
The number of deposits submitted for protection Letting Protection Service Scotland my|deposits Scotland SafeDeposits Scotland Total 2021-22 16,973 18,718 79,467 115,158 2020-21 16,309 17,289 73,076 106,674 2019-20 21,479 21,995 77,644 121,118 2018-19 21,543 27,208 74,606 123,357 2017-18 19,890 157,921 66,664 244,475 2016-17 20,669 102,140 65,099 187,908 The number of deposits released from protection Letting Protection Service Scotland my|deposits Scotland SafeDeposits Scotland Total 2021-22 22,512 16,267 68,723 107,502 2020-21 26,256 19,703 66,331 112,290 2019-20 30,520 23,537 65,806 119,863 2018-19 30,267 26,559 74,420 131,246 2017-18 28,221 108,965 57,816 195,002 2016-17 29,912 82,849 61,114 173,875
The number of disputes adjudicated by each government-accredited tenancy deposit protection scheme in the year to 31 March 2022.
The number of disputes Letting Protection Service Scotland my|deposits Scotland SafeDeposits Scotland 2021-22 369 849 3,588
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