Question follow-through · 69731
Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce a cap on ground rents.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2025 · 44 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
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce a cap on ground rents.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 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
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
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Housing: Carbon Emissions
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Visitor Levy: Countryside
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assurances he can provide that National Parks and National Landscapes will be fully considered in any proposals for an overnight visitor accommodation levy.
Planning: Advertising
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the current planning and regulatory framework governing advertising for potential impact on the character and visual amenity