Question follow-through · 27474

Empty Property: Business Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to make local councils aware of the High Street Rental Auctions scheme.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
3 Feb 2025
Answer
7 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to make local councils aware of the High Street Rental Auctions scheme.

  2. 3 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The government continues to work with local councils to support the implementation of the High Street Rental Auction powers.In November I wrote to the leaders and chief executives of every local authority in England notifying them of the commencement date...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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