Rent Smart Wales

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 28 November 2017.

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Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 1:30, 28 November 2017

First Minister, according to the freedom of information request put forward by the Residential Landlords Association, Rent Smart Wales is currently operating at over double its projected cost. At the end of February 2017, it had hired 50 full-time equivalents to administer the scheme, which is five times the projection of your regulatory impact assessment. Was the Welsh Government naive in its estimates of the administrative costs of Rent Smart Wales, or is inefficiency at Rent Smart Wales to blame?