Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the information published in the Registers of Scotland, if HM Land Registry will publish official statistics on the country of origin of (a) corporate and (b) individual property owners in England and Wales broken down by (i) type of interest and (ii) local authority.

HM Land Registry holds information on the legal owner of registered estates. This may be a corporate or an individual proprietor.

HM Land Registry notes the country of incorporation for overseas companies in its Land Register. It does not hold information on the nationality of individuals. While some individuals have provided non-UK correspondence addresses, this does not necessarily indicate nationality.

HM Land Registry is unable to provide a breakdown of the many interests and estates in registered land.

Published information on overseas companies that own property in England and Wales is accessible here: https://use-land-property-data.service.gov.uk/datasets/ocod.