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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) meetings, (b) correspondence and (c) other engagement his Department has had with (i) consumer groups, (ii) freeholders and (iii) leaseholders to discuss the proposal for a £10 cap on future ground rents.

The Government ran a technical consultation ‘Implementing reforms to the leasehold system’ during 15 October 2018 to 26 November 2018, and will be publishing the response shortly. The consultation received over 1,200 replies from a broad range of stakeholders.

During the consultation and analysis period, my Department has engaged extensively with freeholders, leaseholders, consumer groups, and other professionals on a wide range of leasehold reform issues including limiting ground rents to £10 per annum.

In particular, my Department held round table meetings with industry (building developers and investors), and leaseholders and consumer groups in November 2018.

The Secretary of State also met with developers and investors on 15 November 2018, and leaseholders on 29 January 2019. A full list of ministerial meetings is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data and is updated regularly.