Question follow-through · 18426

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of abolishing residential leaseholds.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
6 Dec 2024
Target answer date
10 Dec 2024
Answer
16 Dec 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of abolishing residential leaseholds.

  2. 10 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244).

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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