HC Deb 12 July 2000 vol 353 c561W
Mr. Waterson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he intends to publish a draft bill on leasehold and commonhold. [130168]

Mr. Mullin

As was announced in the Gracious Speech given on 17 November 1999,Official Report, columns 4–7, we intend to publish a draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill for consultation during this session. The leasehold reform aspects of the draft Bill are the responsibility of my Department, and those on commonhold are the responsibility of my noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor. We now expect to publish the draft Bill for consultation during the summer.

Mr. Waterson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many residential leaseholders there are in England and Wales. [130169]

Mr. Mullin

Estimates1from the Department's Survey of English Housing show that in 1998–99, there were 1,920,000 residential leaseholders in England. The Department has no information on the number of residential leaseholders in Wales.

1Like all estimates from sample surveys, these figures are subject to sampling variability.