Written Question·Treasury·UIN 126952
Stamp Duty Land Tax
Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 20 April 2026
Question
Mr Joshua Reynolds
Liberal Democrat — Maidenhead
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on Stamp Duty Land Tax receipts when local authorities are unable to process land charges searches due to IT system failures.
Answer
James MurrayThe government does not hold this data. The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and HM Land Registry (HMLR) are actively transforming the way Local Land charge data is held and searched through HMLR’s Local Land Charges Programm...
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