Written questions

Ground Rent

Commons · Question 67341 · Tabled 14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 22 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the devolved Administrations on measures to help support leaseholders who experience increases in ground rents.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 22 Jul 2025

The legislation governing leasehold ownership currently applies only in England and Wales. The policy area is devolved in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and it would be for the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Assembly to determine whether, an...