§ Ms Glenda JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if the right to manage for leaseholders proposed in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill will be extended to council tenants. [147880]
Mr. Robert AinsworthThere is already a range of options open to all local authority tenants, including leaseholders, who wish to influence or take control of the management of their homes. The Government are working to extend the opportunities for participation in such schemes. We have introduced best value and tenant participation compacts to help improve housing management and tenant participation. We have also broadened the Government's tenant empowerment grants programme to help leaseholders and other tenants look at the options and to help support tenants' groups set up under the existing local authority right to manage.