Written question asked by Priti Patel (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 June 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 June 2023. It was answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch (Conservative) on Wednesday, 14 June 2023 on behalf of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Land: Registration
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance standards of HM Land Registry in providing the service for the registration of land for the first time.
- Answer
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Applications to register land for the first time account for approximately 0.3% of all applications HM Land Registry (HMLR) receives and are one of its most complex application types. HMLR publishes information on GOV.UK about its latest processing times here.
Currently, half of first registration applications are completed in just over 13 months, and almost all are completed in just over 14 months. A small number can take longer, depending on the application details. Any application that is urgent can be expedited free of charge and 95% of these are completed within 10 days.
Improving speed of service is the top priority for HMLR and it is addressing this urgently through a combination of recruitment, training, and automation. It also has specialist teams focussing on the oldest complex cases with a specific goal to reduce the processing times for these applications
Further to the Prime Minister’s written statement of 23 May 2023 (HCWS803) sponsorship of HM Land Registry and its associated bodies has moved to DLUHC. This will aid the delivery of DLUHC’s key policy objectives including improving the home buying and selling process and delivering the land transparency provisions in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.
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- 187953
- Session
- 2022-23
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- Land Registration Standards HM Land Registry
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