Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 78200

Empty Property

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 72484 on Inheritance Tax: Valuation, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the free home care threshold on

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

My Department does not hold records on the impact of care costs on the number of vacant homes.