Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to assist residential leaseholders whose ground rents have risen substantially.

This Government is determined to make the housing market fairer. The public consultation, ‘Tackling Unfair Practices in the Leasehold Market’, looked at a range of measures, including ground rents, to help tackle unfair and unreasonable abuses of the leasehold system. The consultation closed on 19 September 2017. The Government is reviewing all responses and will respond in due course.