Written questions

Housing: Databases

Commons · Question 90620 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 21 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed introduction of (a) digital property logbooks and (b) open property data on (i) cyber-security and

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 21 Nov 2025

On 6 October 2025, the government published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling. They can be found on gov.uk here and here. We recognise that robust security and privacy standards will be essential in an incre...