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Question follow-through · 57064

Leasehold: Ground Rent

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to protect leaseholders from ground rent charges.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
5 Jun 2025
Answer
11 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to protect leaseholders from ground rent charges.

  2. 5 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Jun 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.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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