PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Private Rented Housing (9 September 2015)

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of the measures to restrict finance cost relief for landlords, announced in the Summer Budget 2015, on the level of housing demand in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK.

Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)

Overall, the OBR believes the impact of the restriction to tax relief for finance costs on the housing market will be small and, taking account of the other measures in the Summer Budget, have not adjusted their forecast for house prices.

Answered by:
Mr David Gauke (Independent)
14 September 2015