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Property: Registration

Commons · Question 15253 · Tabled 20 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 29 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Charlotte Nichols

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to make public a full register of beneficial ownership of land.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 29 Nov 2024

On 27 December 2023, the previous government launched a consultation on how to make land ownership more transparent where trusts are involved. The consultation closed on 21 February 2024 and officials in my department are considering the responses receive...