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Stamp Duty Land Tax

Asked by Mr Joshua ReynoldsLiberal DemocratTreasuryTabled Answered 20 April 2026UIN 126952

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on Stamp Duty Land Tax receipts when local authorities are unable to process land charges searches due to IT system failures.

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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