To ask the Minister of Finance whether he has made any assessment of whether the regulation of ground rent for apartment owners in Northern Ireland is fit for purpose.

This jurisdiction has not faced many of the problems that have existed in, for example, England and Wales in terms of ground rents.

However, as indicated in my answer to AQW 44320/22-27, I have noted recent correspondence relating to increases in ground rents in some apartment buildings in the North and my officials will therefore keep the matter under review.