Written Question·Treasury·UIN 68127

High Rise Flats: Insulation

Tabled: 15 July 2025

Answered: 23 July 2025

Question

Carla Denyer

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that leasehold owners who were unable to sell their properties in the 2020-21 financial year due to cladding remediation works can qualify for the temporarily reduced Stamp Duty Land

Answer

James Murray

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SLDT) rates were reduced from July 2020 to September 2021 in response to exceptional circumstances in the housing market. The SDLT rates applicable to a purchase are those in place on the date of the transaction. SDLT remains an impor...

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