Leasehold Advisory Service: Annual Report and Accounts 2009-10

Grant Shapps Excerpts

Wednesday 3rd November 2010 Written Statements

[The Minister for Housing and Local Government (Grant Shapps)]

I have today deposited in the Library of the House a copy of the annual report and accounts of the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) for the financial year 2009-10.

LEASE is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Communities and Local Government (and by the Welsh Assembly Government) to provide advice, information and other services to the public and others in England and Wales on residential leasehold. (In 2009-10 LEASE was also sponsored by the Ministry of Justice to provide advice on commonhold tenure.)

The report sets out its main activities and performance during the year, details of its financial status, along with statistics on the number of inquiries it dealt with during the year. In 2009-10, for instance, LEASE dealt with 37% more inquiries than in 2008-09 and visits to its website increased by 18% on the previous year.

The report provides details of LEASE’s performance against its key indicators and shows the value of the service LEASE provides to the public and others in the leasehold sector.