Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 81130
Leasehold: Ground Rent
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to eliminate escalating ground rents on existing leases.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government is committed to addressing unregulated and unaffordable ground rents and we will do this in legislation. We will set out further details in due course.