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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

918467

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect leaseholders from excessive quotations for lease renewals in (a) the North East and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	150670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders and freeholders in England, including the North East.</p><p>We want to make it easier for existing leaseholders to exercise their right to buy their freehold, or extend their lease, quickly, fairly and cheaply and for this right to be available as soon as possible. The Government is prioritising solutions for leaseholders of houses.</p><p>We are working with the Law Commission on introducing a cheaper and less complex statutory procedure for leaseholders to acquire a lease extension, or purchase the freehold, whilst ensuring that landlords obtain fair compensation.</p><p>The Law Commission has published its terms of reference at <a href="https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/leasehold-enfranchisement/" target="_blank">https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/leasehold-enfranchisement/</a></p><p>We will make further announcements in due course, and bring forward legislation at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/06/2018 15:57:53 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

910301

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new homes have been sold on a leasehold basis in north-east England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	147435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>There have been 6,000 newly built homes sold on a leasehold basis in the North East between 2010 and 2016, averaging 867 per year.</p><p>This compares to over 22,000 newly built homes sold on a freehold basis over the same period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/06/2018 11:29:06 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

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

900214

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new homes were sold on a leasehold basis in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	141828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>This information is available in HM Land Registry's Price Paid Data: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/price-paid-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/price-paid-data</a></p><p>House of Commons Library analysis of the data is available here: <a href="http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8047/CBP08047---Tables-for-download.xlsx" target="_blank">http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8047/CBP08047---Tables-for-download.xlsx</a>. See Table 6 for trends in the proportion of properties sold that were leasehold.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/05/2018 16:03:34 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

825673

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
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, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 December 2017, HCWS384, what steps he is taking to ensure that existing owners of houses purchased under a leasehold agreement will benefit from the same protections afforded to new buyers.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	123741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government response to the consultation on ‘<em>Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market</em>’ set out a range of measures to cut out unfair and abusive practices within the leasehold system. This included introducing legislation to prohibit the development of new build leasehold houses, other than in exceptional circumstances, and restricting ground rents in newly established leases of houses and flats to a peppercorn (zero financial value).</p><p>For existing leaseholders, the Government wants to see developer compensation schemes going further and faster, with support extended to all those with onerous ground rents, including second hand buyers and for customers to be proactively contacted. We will be keeping a close eye on progress and will consider measures that could be pursued to take action if necessary.</p><p>We want to make it easier for existing leaseholders to exercise their right to buy their freehold, or extend their lease, for this to be faster, fairer and cheaper, and to be available as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 05/02/2018 14:40:21 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle