Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 89652

Ground Rent

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of leases that have been forfeited because the leaseholder fell into ground rent arrears of 3 months in each of the last five

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
My Department does not hold data on long leases that have been treated as assured shorthold tenancies as a result of ground rent increases. Nor does it hold data on the number of leases that have been forfeited due to ground rent arrears.The government ha...

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