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Private Sector Housing Civil Financial Penalty Policy

Housing and Planning Act 2016 offences

Failure to give a written statement of terms and any other prescribed information - section 16D of the Housing Act 1988

This table enables you to calculate the Civil Penalty that could be imposed when failing to comply with section 16D of the Housing Act 1988
Starting pointStatutory maximum civil penalty amountLandlord type: downward adjustmentLandlord type: adjustmentLandlord type: upward adjustment
£35,000£40,000£28,000£35,000£42,000

Offence-specific mitigating factors:

  • a single, isolated incident.

Offence-specific aggravating factors:

  • concealment or evasion.

Last modified on 27 February 2026