A service from mySociety A service from mySociety

TheyWorkForYou

Menu

Ground Rent

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities written question – answered at on 23 May 2024.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Andrew Lewer Andrew Lewer Conservative, Northampton South

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2024 to Question 21211 on Ground Rent, whether his Department plans to make contingencies for the payment of (a) compensation and (b) legal fees that could be required for loss of income as a result of a ground rent cap.

Photo of Lee Rowley Lee Rowley Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

The Government has engaged extensively with relevant stakeholders, and has published an Impact Assessment on a range of options to restrict ground rents. We will set out our position as part of the progress of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.

Does this answer the above question?

2 people think so

2 people think not

Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.

  • (Citation: HC Deb, 23 May 2024, cW)

Secretary of State

Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.