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1002279

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to help those purchasers of houses with leasehold agreements with excessive uprating provisions to replace such provisions with fairer ones.
	tabling member printed	Lord Turnbull
	uin	HL11300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that unfair leasehold practices have no place in the housing sector. We are committed to improving the leasehold system by making it fairer and more transparent. We will be introducing legislation to ban new leasehold houses.</p><p>It is right that developers who sold leaseholds with onerous terms should support their customers to amend such lease terms. Some developers have introduced assistance schemes which is welcome. The Government is engaging with industry to ensure they are taking action to provide assistance to existing leaseholders with onerous terms.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/11/2018 15:30:13 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3758 label Biography information for Lord Turnbull

1059231

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow Residents Associations to perform the same functions as Resident Management Companies in communities where the Residents’ Association represents the majority of home owners.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
	uin	HL13616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to allow residents' associations to perform the same function as resident management companies. Instead, the Government has asked the Law Commission to review and streamline the current right to manage procedures, to make it quicker and easier for leaseholders and leasehold resident associations to take control of their buildings. The Law Commission is currently consulting on its proposals, which can be found at www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/right-to-manage. The consultation closes on 30 April.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/02/2019 17:16:12 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

1079004

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to (1) reform leasehold, and (2) widen access to the right to manage and freehold enfranchisement; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL14122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling unfair practices in the leasehold system. We recently consulted on proposals for implementing the ban on new leasehold houses and restricting ground rents on future leases to a peppercorn. We will publish the Government response in due course and bring forward primary legislation as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p><p>The Government is also working with the Law Commission on wider reform on enfranchisement and the Right to Manage. The Law Commission has consulted on proposals to make buying a freehold or extending a lease faster, fairer and cheaper, and is currently analysing responses. The Law Commission's consultation on proposals for making the Right to Manage legislation simpler, quicker and more accessible, particularly for leaseholders, is currently live and closes on 30 April. The Government will consider next steps when the Law Commission reports on both projects later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 13/03/2019 12:23:03 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

906470

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of protection in place for people and organisations that have leasehold interests in land from freeholds being sold by local authorities to third parties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL7983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>We are constantly working to ensure that protection for leaseholders is adequate. That is why on 21 December 2017, the Government set out a package of measures to tackle abuses and unfair practices in the leasehold market. This includes introducing legislation to prohibit the development of new build leasehold houses, other than in exceptional circumstances, restricting ground rents in newly established leases of houses and flats to a peppercorn (zero financial value) and working with the Law Commission to support existing leaseholders - including making buying a freehold or extending a lease easier, faster, fairer and cheaper. As part of the reform, we will consider extending the existing Right of First Refusal for flat lessees (Part 1 of the Landlord Act 1987) to house lessees. In general, the provision states that where a landlord is proposing to sell his interest in a building containing flats in relation to which the Right of First Refusal exists, they must, by law, first offer it to the tenants before offering it on the open market.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 24/05/2018 15:43:10 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

923135

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of protections in place to protect leaseholders in respect of commercial land leased from local authorities being sold to third parties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL8599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Commercial leaseholders are protected if their landlord sells to a third party, as the new owner buys the land subject to the terms of any existing leases. This remains the case whether the original owner is a local authority or otherwise.</p><p>Local authorities may use ownership of commercial premises to generate a funding stream, and will consider whether continued ownership of assets provides value for money. These decisions are a matter for local authorities, provided they consider best value when making decisions on ownership or sale of assets.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/06/2018 16:26:31 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

967560

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to reform the leasehold system to introduce the principle of fairness in the application of service charges and ground rent, and to tackle other related issues, in the light of the Law Commission's summary of proposed solutions for leaseholders of houses, published on 18 July.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL10041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring there is transparency and fairness in the leasehold market. In particular we announced measures on 21 December 2017 to limit ground rents in newly created leases to a peppercorn and require new build houses to be sold on a freehold basis. We will be consulting shortly on how we intend to implement these commitments. The Government will also be setting up a working group to consider, amongst other things, service charges to make sure they are fair and transparent. In addition we have asked the Law Commission to consider a range of options for reforming the law on enfranchisement to make it easier, quicker and cheaper for leaseholders to buy their freehold or extend their lease. The Law Commission intends to consult on the details of its proposals over the autumn.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 11/09/2018 15:07:03 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1002621

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the estimated number of leasehold dwellings by tenure in each region of England.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	188725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>MHCLG does not currently have regional estimates of the number of leaseholds dwellings in England. The current estimates are ‘experimental official statistics’ and as part of on-going work to improve them we will consider whether it is feasible to produce sub-national statistics in future statistical releases.</p><p /><p><br></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/11/2018 17:22:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1016423

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of households living in a leasehold property.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	196862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not produce an estimate of the proportion of <em>households</em> living in a leasehold property. The Department produces estimates of the number and proportion of leasehold <em>dwellings, </em>but not households, in England broken down by tenure. The latest release can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/estimating-the-number-of-leasehold-dwellings-in-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/estimating-the-number-of-leasehold-dwellings-in-england-2016-to-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 03/12/2018 16:57:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1035121

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward proposals to protect existing homeowners who are prevented from selling their properties due to the amount of time left on the lease.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	205165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>We are working with the Law Commission to make it easier, faster, fairer and cheaper for leaseholders to buy their freehold or extend their lease. The Law Commission have recently consulted on possible measures, including introducing a prescribed formula that provides fair compensation to the landlord, whilst also helping leaseholders avoid incurring additional court costs. This consultation closed on 7 January 2019 and the Law Commission will be providing recommendations to Government later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/01/2019 17:48:13 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1037897

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps in addition to the current review of the leasehold system is his Department taking to provide a reasonable outcome for those leaseholders who bought properties with onerous lease terms.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	206388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State held a roundtable meeting in November in which he made clear to developers that greater support must be made available to existing leaseholders with onerous lease terms. Some developers have introduced schemes to assist individuals with onerous leases which is welcome, but these must be extended to include second hand buyers. We are keeping a close eye on progress and will consider taking further action if necessary.</p><p>We are also working with the Law Commission to support existing leaseholders. The Law Commission’s consultation on making buying a freehold or extending a lease easier, faster, fairer and cheaper, which closed on 7 January, included proposals for a prescribed formula for costs.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/01/2019 13:05:40 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd