Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of support to low-income households with the cost of living.

Tabled: 26 May 2022Answered: 6 June 2022

Asked by

Liz Twist

LabourBlaydon and Consett

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)

The Government are committed to finally bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end. To do so, we will implement the provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, enact the remaining Law Commission recommendations relating to enfranchisement and the right to manage, take steps to make commonhold the default tenure for new flats, and tackle unaffordable and unregulated ground rent charges. As set out in the King’s Speech, draft legislation will be published in due course.