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1688998

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Ground Rent: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to assess the risk of legal challenge to proposed policies in the consultation entitled Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	13943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Government has consulted on a range of options to restrict ground rent in existing leases and asked questions about the effects of these proposals. We received a significant number of responses from a variety of sources. A consultation impact assessment has been published and can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fconsultation-impact-assessment-modern-leasehold-restricting-ground-rent-for-existing-leases&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.Advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cf20b2cd141f84ffc48b808dc322d5261%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638440417443619306%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=USJ%2F085W%2BAYS0EKwSzrLCADue1oD0pB4c6xUBcDfDKo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">​​Consultation impact assessment - modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases​</a>.</p><p>That consultation closed on 17 January, and Government is currently analysing the responses before taking a decision on how to restrict ground rents through the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.</p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 13944 13945 13946 13947 question first answered 21/02/2024 14:31:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1688999

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Ground Rent: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases, which closed on 17 January 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential cost to the public purse of providing compensation to freeholders under those proposals.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	13944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Government has consulted on a range of options to restrict ground rent in existing leases and asked questions about the effects of these proposals. We received a significant number of responses from a variety of sources. A consultation impact assessment has been published and can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fconsultation-impact-assessment-modern-leasehold-restricting-ground-rent-for-existing-leases&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.Advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cf20b2cd141f84ffc48b808dc322d5261%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638440417443619306%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=USJ%2F085W%2BAYS0EKwSzrLCADue1oD0pB4c6xUBcDfDKo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">​​Consultation impact assessment - modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases​</a>.</p><p>That consultation closed on 17 January, and Government is currently analysing the responses before taking a decision on how to restrict ground rents through the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.</p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 13943 13945 13946 13947 question first answered 21/02/2024 14:31:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1689000

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Ground Rent: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases, which closed on 17 January 2024, whether he has has had discussions with colleagues on the compliance of those proposals with human rights law.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	13945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Government has consulted on a range of options to restrict ground rent in existing leases and asked questions about the effects of these proposals. We received a significant number of responses from a variety of sources. A consultation impact assessment has been published and can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fconsultation-impact-assessment-modern-leasehold-restricting-ground-rent-for-existing-leases&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.Advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cf20b2cd141f84ffc48b808dc322d5261%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638440417443619306%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=USJ%2F085W%2BAYS0EKwSzrLCADue1oD0pB4c6xUBcDfDKo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">​​Consultation impact assessment - modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases​</a>.</p><p>That consultation closed on 17 January, and Government is currently analysing the responses before taking a decision on how to restrict ground rents through the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.</p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 13943 13944 13946 13947 question first answered 21/02/2024 14:31:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1689001

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Ground Rent: Pensioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposals in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill on pensioners whose income comes partly from ground rent.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	13946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Government has consulted on a range of options to restrict ground rent in existing leases and asked questions about the effects of these proposals. We received a significant number of responses from a variety of sources. A consultation impact assessment has been published and can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fconsultation-impact-assessment-modern-leasehold-restricting-ground-rent-for-existing-leases&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.Advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cf20b2cd141f84ffc48b808dc322d5261%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638440417443619306%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=USJ%2F085W%2BAYS0EKwSzrLCADue1oD0pB4c6xUBcDfDKo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">​​Consultation impact assessment - modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases​</a>.</p><p>That consultation closed on 17 January, and Government is currently analysing the responses before taking a decision on how to restrict ground rents through the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.</p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 13943 13944 13945 13947 question first answered 21/02/2024 14:31:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1689002

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Ground Rent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to para 1.12 of his Department's consultation entitled Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases, which closed on 17 January 2024, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of capping ground rents at a peppercorn on the pensions industry.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	13947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Government has consulted on a range of options to restrict ground rent in existing leases and asked questions about the effects of these proposals. We received a significant number of responses from a variety of sources. A consultation impact assessment has been published and can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fconsultation-impact-assessment-modern-leasehold-restricting-ground-rent-for-existing-leases&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.Advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cf20b2cd141f84ffc48b808dc322d5261%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638440417443619306%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=USJ%2F085W%2BAYS0EKwSzrLCADue1oD0pB4c6xUBcDfDKo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">​​Consultation impact assessment - modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases​</a>.</p><p>That consultation closed on 17 January, and Government is currently analysing the responses before taking a decision on how to restrict ground rents through the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.</p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 13943 13944 13945 13946 question first answered 21/02/2024 14:31:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1656128

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Regulator of Social Housing: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of the Regulator of Social Housing have previous experience in the sector that they regulate.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	195834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Regulator of Social Housing has clear objectives set out in legislation, which include ensuring registered providers are financially viable, well-governed and supporting the provision of well-managed, good quality homes to their tenants. The Regulator is operationally independent and responsible for ensuring it is able to deliver against those objectives. Information on members of the Regulators board can be found <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Forganisations%2Fregulator-of-social-housing%2Fabout%2Four-governance%23board-members&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce71146dfdb874c4d3f6208dbb2c89d4e%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638300346915946488%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5dBqwEkUUH9GiQLeXvTYBrXFc8vyT%2FcDidCH%2F1YM%2BO4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 11/09/2023 14:29:19 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1656186

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Levelling Up Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the (a) application process will begin and (b) criteria will be announced for the Levelling-Up Fund Round 3.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	195862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State announced during his speech at the LGA conference, the department is moving to a new approach for the third round of the Levelling Up Fund. Further details of our approach will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 196880 question first answered 11/09/2023 13:24:44 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1651883

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of to Question 184606 on Leasehold, whether that legislation will apply retrospectively.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	193316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>As I outlined in response to my Hon. Friend, in Question 184606, we are looking to legislate to resolve this issue as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p><p>We do not hold data on the number of people who are not protected due to an extension or variation of a lease since 14 February 2022, however, we believe the number to be relatively small.</p><p>We have not made an assessment as to the estimate of the potential legal and valuation costs for leaseholders who are in the process of extending or varying a lease. However, it should be noted that, in the normal course of events, all leaseholders typically require legal support in the course of seeking a lease extension or variation, so we do not anticipate that there will be significant 'additional' costs to those which they ordinarily would have incurred.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 193317 193318 question first answered 19/07/2023 16:59:20 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1651884

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2023 to Question 184606 on Leasehold, what data his Department holds on the number of people who are not protected due to an extension or variation of a lease since 14 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	193317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>As I outlined in response to my Hon. Friend, in Question 184606, we are looking to legislate to resolve this issue as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p><p>We do not hold data on the number of people who are not protected due to an extension or variation of a lease since 14 February 2022, however, we believe the number to be relatively small.</p><p>We have not made an assessment as to the estimate of the potential legal and valuation costs for leaseholders who are in the process of extending or varying a lease. However, it should be noted that, in the normal course of events, all leaseholders typically require legal support in the course of seeking a lease extension or variation, so we do not anticipate that there will be significant 'additional' costs to those which they ordinarily would have incurred.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 193316 193318 question first answered 19/07/2023 16:59:20 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1651885

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2023 to Question 184606 on Leasehold, what estimate his Department has made of the potential additional legal and valuation costs to leaseholders who are currently in the process of extending or varying a lease.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	193318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>As I outlined in response to my Hon. Friend, in Question 184606, we are looking to legislate to resolve this issue as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p><p>We do not hold data on the number of people who are not protected due to an extension or variation of a lease since 14 February 2022, however, we believe the number to be relatively small.</p><p>We have not made an assessment as to the estimate of the potential legal and valuation costs for leaseholders who are in the process of extending or varying a lease. However, it should be noted that, in the normal course of events, all leaseholders typically require legal support in the course of seeking a lease extension or variation, so we do not anticipate that there will be significant 'additional' costs to those which they ordinarily would have incurred.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 193316 193317 question first answered 19/07/2023 16:59:20 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies