Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 103531
China: Property
Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 15 January 2026
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) residential and (b) commercial properties in London are owned by the People's Republic of China.
Answer
Seema MalhotraThe Government does not control the purchase of private property within the United Kingdom, and keeps no central record of purchases made on behalf of individual nation states.