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Compulsory Purchase: Scotland

Asked by Euan StainbankLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 24 March 2025UIN 38459

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is working with the Scottish Government to ensure similar progress on compulsory purchase order powers to accelerate the delivery of affordable housing, in the context of recent proposals to enhance these powers for councils in England and Wales.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regularly meet with officials from the Scottish Government to exchange views on compulsory purchase.

However, compulsory purchase and associated compensation legislation is a devolved matter. It is therefore, for the Scottish Government to decide what reforms to bring forward in Scotland.

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