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Leasehold: Ground Rent

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 81148

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of leaseholders who are affected by escalating ground rent clauses in (a) Essex and (b) the UK.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

I refer the hon. Member to UIN 74455 on 15 September 2025.

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