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Stamp Duty Land Tax

Asked by Mr Joshua ReynoldsLiberal DemocratTreasuryTabled Answered 20 April 2026UIN 126180

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential impact of local authority land charges register failures for residential property transactions on the Exchequer.

Answered by James Murray

The government does not hold this data. The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and HM Land Registry (HMLR) are actively transforming the way Local Land charge data is held and searched through HMLR’s Local Land Charges Programme.

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