PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Stamp Duty Land Tax: Foreign Nationals (30 November 2020)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) revenue accruing to the public purse for (i) projects to tackle rough sleeping and (ii) other projects and (b) house price inflation of reducing the Stamp Duty Land Tax non-UK resident surcharge from 3 per cent to 2 per cent.

Asked by:
Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)

The new rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax for non-UK resident purchasers of residential property in England and Northern Ireland are set to be 2% higher than the rates applying to UK-resident purchasers. The expected revenue will be used to tackle rough sleeping and is set out on page 35 of the “Policy Costings” document published alongside the Red Book at Budget 2020.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/871948/Budget_2020_policy_costings.pdf

No assessment has been made of the effect of a 3% or 5% Stamp Duty Land Tax non-UK resident surcharge.

Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
8 December 2020