Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 117545
Intestacy
Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026
Question
Julia Buckley
Labour — Shrewsbury
To ask the Solicitor General, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming Bona Vacantia arrangements to permit local authorities to take ownership of unclaimed residential properties for public use.
Answer
Ellie ReevesThe revenue from the collection of bona vacantia, including that from the open market sales of any residential property, is transferred annually to the Consolidated Fund for the general funding of HM Government expenditure for the general benefit of all c...
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