Question follow-through · 41312
Empty Dwelling Management Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many empty dwelling management orders were used in England in each of the last five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many empty dwelling management orders were used in England in each of the last five years.
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Department does not collect data on the number of Empty Dwelling Management Order (EDMOs) that have been issued. Local authorities can apply for an EDMO when a property has been empty for more than two years, subject to the production of evidence that...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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