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Stamp Duty Land Tax

Commons · Question 126952 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 20 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

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

Answered by James Murray, 20 Apr 2026

The 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...