In Wales and Northern Ireland there isn't a formal cap but renters usually pay one month's rent as a tenancy deposit. In Scotland, the limit is no more than two months' rent. Your landlord will decide ...

It’s just the one I picked when I became a landlord, and probably because it has a very similar name to the overarching name — the Deposit Protection Scheme. The other two are the Tenancy ...

Landlords must put their tenant’s deposit in a government-approved tenancy deposit scheme if they are renting out their property on an assured shorthold tenancy that started after 6 April 2007.

Tenants in Northern Ireland can no longer be asked to pay a deposit of more than one month's rent, according to new legislation. It is one of six new protections for renters that came into effect ...

where a landlord is required to lodge a deposit with a registered tenancy deposit scheme. At the end of the tenancy, the tenant or landlord could apply to the scheme for the deposit to be returned.