Question follow-through · 19492
Shops: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of vacant shops on high streets in London.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of vacant shops on high streets in London.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2024
Answer published
The government is fully committed to tackling the issue of persistent vacancy in town centres and high streets.High Street Rental Auctions (HSRAs) came into effect on 2 December 2024 and are a new permissive power for local authorities in England to aucti...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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