Foreign Companies: Land
(asked on 17th June 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the total number land titles bought after 1999 owned by overseas entities which do not have an owner registered on the Register of Overseas Entities.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
As of the latest published figures, over 33,000 overseas entities have registered on the Register of Overseas Entities, indicating strong overall compliance with the regime.
Companies House does not hold a definitive figure for the number of land titles bought after 1999 that are owned by overseas entities without a registered beneficial owner. This information is not captured within the scope of the register. Data on land titles will be held by the relevant Land Registry.