Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the operation of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 in respect of the ability of those exercising the right to manage premises to meet their obligations to manage by applying to the head lessee to allow them to pursue forfeiture of those premises following a court judgment which is unable to be enforced by any legal means presently available to them.

The Government's Call for Evidence, 'Protecting consumers in the letting and managing agent market', which closed on 29 November 2017, included a question on how it can be made easier for leaseholders to exercise their right to manage. Any changes as a result of the findings to this question may have an impact on the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. An announcement will be made in due course.