Written question asked by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 October 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 October 2022 (named day). It was answered by Dean Russell (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 October 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Housing: Sales
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many residential property sales were registered at HM Land Registry across (a) all properties and (b) new-build properties in each local authority in England and Wales in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those were to (i) UK companies, (ii) overseas companies, (iii) UK-based individuals and (iv) individuals based overseas.
- Original answer
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HM Land Registry Price Paid Data available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/price-paid-data-downloads contains information on property sales, broken down by local authority. The last three years’ data is provided with this answer in a separate spreadsheet. In summary, the breakdown is as set out in the table below.
Year
Residential
Residential classified as new build
2022
337,540
3,198
2021
964,359
54,607
2020
729,743
85,167
2019
839,999
112,303
We will place a detailed breakdown between UK and overseas companies, and individuals providing UK and non-UK correspondence addresses as soon as possible in the Libraries of the House.
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The answer was corrected by Dean Russell (Conservative)
on Thursday, 27 October 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
- Corrected answer
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HM Land Registry Price Paid Data available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/price-paid-data-downloads contains information on property sales, broken down by local authority. The last three years’ data is provided with this answer in a separate spreadsheet. In summary, the breakdown is as set out in the table below.
Year
Residential
Residential classified as new build
2022
337,540
3,198
2021
964,359
54,607
2020
729,743
85,167
2019
839,999
112,303
We will place a detailed breakdown between UK and overseas companies, and individuals providing UK and non-UK correspondence addresses as soon as possible in the Libraries of the House.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 65632
- Session
- 2022-23
- Related items
- Subjects
- Housing Sales
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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