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1143001

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to reduce stamp duty rates.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	284544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review as part of the usual tax policy making process. Tax changes, including changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), are generally announced at the Autumn Budget, where decisions are taken in the round.</p><p> </p><p>SDLT is an important source of government revenue, raising several billion pounds each year to help pay the essential public services. Therefore, any changes to SDLT would have to be carefully considered given the potential effect on public finances.</p><p> </p><p>Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) was devolved to Scotland by the Scotland Act 2012 and subsequently replaced with the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax in April 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2019 13:10:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1143744

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to abolish stamp duty.
tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
uin	285333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review as part of the usual tax policy making process. Tax changes, including changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), are generally announced at the Autumn Budget, where decisions are taken in the round.</p><p> </p><p>SDLT is an important source of government revenue, raising several billion pounds each year to help pay for essential public services. Therefore, any changes to SDLT would have to be carefully considered given the potential effect on public finances.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2019 13:11:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1064789

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have evaluated the impact on revenues of the stamp duty reforms announced in the 2014 Autumn Statement.
tabling member printed	Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court
uin	HL13953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2014 the government published costings of the reforms to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) which highlighted the anticipated revenue implications of the reform across the forecast period. HMRC also publish quarterly and annual statistics on SDLT revenue and transactions.</p><p> </p><p>Residential SDLT receipts were just under £1.8bn higher in 2017-18 than they were in 2014-15, the last financial year before the Autumn Statement 2014 reforms.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/03/2019 14:55:56 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4586 label Biography information for Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court

1036904

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 20 December (HL12311), what impact Stamp Duty Land Tax has had on (1) housing mobility, and (2) the frequency of housing transactions, since 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL12546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publish quarterly and annual statistics on transaction volumes which are available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2014 the Government reformed the structure of Stamp Duty Land Tax, cutting the tax paid on all purchases of residential property to a value of £937,500, unless purchasing additional property – a reduction for 98% of those paying the tax.</p><p> </p><p>Housing market activity is affected by a wide variety of factors, of which Stamp Duty Land Tax is just one.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/01/2019 15:45:48 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1025345

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the impact of stamp duty on (1) housing mobility, and (2) the frequency of housing transactions; and whether they consider any useful lessons can be drawn from the experience of the Republic of Ireland in reducing stamp duty.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL12311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review and monitors a range of factors as part of that process.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, SDLT continues to be an important source of government revenue, raising several billion pounds each year to help pay for the essential services the Government provides. As set out in HMRC’s April 2018 release on illustrative tax changes, a 1 percentage point reduction in the main rates of residential Stamp Duty Land Tax would cost an estimated £1.6 billion in 2019-20.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 14:09:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

967559

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to reform Stamp Duty Land Tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL10040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government reformed Stamp Duty Land Tax on residential properties at Autumn Statement 2014, cutting the tax for 98% of people who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s priority is to support first-time buyers. At Autumn Budget 2017, the Government removed Stamp Duty Land Tax for all first-time buyers purchasing properties up to £300,000 with the relief also extending to purchases worth up to £500,000. Since introduction, these changes have benefitted 121,500 households with one million households expected to benefit over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review as part of the Budget process.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 14/09/2018 11:49:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

937495

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to make stamp duty payable on the portion of a property that each person owns according to their tax status in the next Budget.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	162113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government reformed Stamp Duty Land Tax on residential properties at Autumn Statement 2014, cutting the tax for 98% of people who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s priority is to support first-time buyers. At the 2017 Autumn Budget, the Government removed SDLT for all first-time buyers purchasing properties up to £300,000, with the relief also extending to purchases worth up to £500,000. These changes will help over one million households over the next 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/07/2018 15:50:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

902142

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Stamp Duty Land Tax repayments claimed were repaid within the 15 days target in the last financial year; and what the total sum outstanding beyond 15 days at the end of the previous fiscal year was.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	143215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>In the 2017-18 financial year HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) received 46,781 SDLT repayment claims, of which 4,668 were dealt with within 15 working days. At 2017-18 year end there were 2,550 SDLT repayment claims on hand that were outside 15 working days.</p><p> </p><p>A recovery plan has been implemented and the age profile and on hand volumes are now greatly reduced. Approximately 80% of Higher Rate Additional Dwellings repayments claims are now being dealt with within 15 working days, and HMRC expect the position to continue to improve.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/05/2018 16:20:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

229071

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much accrued to the Exchequer in stamp duty collected from the sale of properties worth over £1 million in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	228743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the estimated yield collected from Stamp Duty Land Tax on residential property transactions over £1m at the UK level within HM Revenue &amp; Customs’s National Statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/03/2015 13:30:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

170614

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the new rates of stamp duty, under what category land will be sold if planning permission has been granted for both commercial and residential purposes.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	219042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Undeveloped land is treated as non-residential property for stamp duty land tax (SDLT) purposes. The existence or otherwise of planning permission is immaterial.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2015 17:36:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main