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High Rise Flats: Insulation

Commons · Question 68127 · Tabled 15 Jul 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 23 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by 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

Answered by James Murray, 23 Jul 2025

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...