Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 103966
China: Property
Tabled: 7 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 the UK are owned by the Chinese state.
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.