Social Rented Housing: Stamp Duty Land Tax

(asked on 22nd February 2018) - View Source
Questioner
Peter Dowd Portrait
Peter Dowd
(Labour - Bootle)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received a relief from Stamp Duty Land Tax on transfers to registered social landlords in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.

Answered by
Mel Stride Portrait
Mel Stride
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 1st March 2018

The table below shows the number of land and property transactions which claimed relief from Stamp Duty Land Tax for each of the requested categories. A single transaction can be made by one or more individuals, or one or more non-natural persons.

Estimates of the number of transactions claiming reliefs from SDLT

a) 2015-16

b) 2016-17

c) April 2017 to October 2017

Transfers to charities

8,300

9,400

5,800

Group relief

6,900

7,400

4,300

Transfers to registered social landlords

2,200

2,300

1,300

Transfers involving multiple dwellings

6,100

6,400

3,200

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