This service is not run by the Council and information should be used for contact purposes only
Also known as:- Deposit Protection, Private Rent Deposit Protection
Service Description: Since 6 April 2007, all deposits (for rent up to £25,000 per annum) taken by landlords and agents for assured shorthold tenancies (AST) in England and Wales have had to be protected by an authorised tenancy deposit scheme. (ASTs are the usual tenancies made between a private landlord and his tenants.)