Question follow-through · 41445
Leasehold: Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of service charges for leaseholders; and if he will take steps to limit their rate of increase.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of service charges for leaseholders; and if he will take steps to limit their rate of increase.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2025
Answer published
The government recognise the considerable financial strain that rising services charges are placing on leaseholders. The level of service charge that leaseholders pay depends on many factors, including the terms of a lease and the age and condition of a b...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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