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Empty Dwelling Management Orders

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 2 May 2025UIN 46772

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025, to Question 41312 on Empty Dwelling Management Orders, what information HM Courts and Tribunals Services holds on the issuing of Empty Dwelling Management Orders.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

The First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) Residential Property division compiles only aggregated statistics for receipts of interim Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMO) approved and final EDMO appeals.

Over the last five years EDMO receipts were as follows:

Year

Receipts

23/24

0

22/23

0

21/22

3

20/21

5

19/20

10*

*The data recorded is unpublished management information and has not been subject to the same quality checks as Official Statistics, which are published by the Ministry of Justice.

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