Question follow-through · 24777
First Time Buyers: West Dorset
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the stamp duty tax-free threshold for first-time buyers on rural housing affordability in West Dorset constituency.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 17 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the stamp duty tax-free threshold for first-time buyers on rural housing affordability in West Dorset constituency.
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2025
Answer published
In September 2022, the previous government announced a change to the level at which purchasers of residential property start paying Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), from £125,000 to £250,000. This change was made temporary in November 2022, and the rate will r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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