Question follow-through · 43265
Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of outlawing ground rents.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 1 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Security of Tenure: Wales · 7 Apr 2025
- Private Rented Housing: Wales · 7 Apr 2025
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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
1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of outlawing ground rents.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Apr 2025
Answer published
The government remains firmly committed to its manifesto commitment to tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rents, and we will deliver this in legislation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Security of Tenure: Wales
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the potential difference of security of tenure that will exist between England and Wales following the passage of the Re
Private Rented Housing: Wales
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on their decision not to legislate to end no-fault evictions for private rented sector tenants in Wales; and what assessmen