Written questions

Leasehold: Ground Rent

Commons · Question 27013 · Tabled 3 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 14 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Ian Byrne

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to bring forward legislation to cap ground rents in existing residential leases; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of continued uncapped gro

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 14 Sep 2026

My Department will issue a substantive response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee and introduce a substantive Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill in due course. Annex 5 of the draft Impact Assessment for the draft Commonhold and ...