Question follow-through · 87985
Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the government is taking to abolish leasehold tenures for (a) flats and (b) other properties.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 13 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
4 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the government is taking to abolish leasehold tenures for (a) flats and (b) other properties.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Nov 2025
Answer published
The government intends to consult this year on the best approach to banning new leasehold flats, ensuring this works effectively alongside the robust ban on leasehold houses provided for by the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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