Question
Peter Dowd
Labour
Bootle
Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received a relief from Stamp Duty Land Tax on transfers to charities in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
Answered on
1 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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Treasury