Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 62452
Conveyancing and Valuation: Scotland
Tabled: 24 June 2025
Answered: 2 July 2025
Question
Graeme Downie
Labour — Dunfermline and Dollar
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance he has given to the Mining Remediation Authority on (a) property (i) conveyancing and (ii) valuation in Scotland and (b) their implications for compensation offers to homeowners
Answer
Michael ShanksThe circumstances for purchasing property damaged by old coal mine workings are covered in the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991. This includes gaining agreement with individual property owners on the full market value of the property in its undamaged condi...
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