Question follow-through · 54293

Housing: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48452 on Housing: Valuation, where the Valuation Office Agency obtains scaled (a) plans and (b) maps to determine plot size.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
22 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
3 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48452 on Housing: Valuation, where the Valuation Office Agency obtains scaled (a) plans and (b) maps to determine plot size.

  2. 2 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    In addition to plans derived from the direct measurement of the property, the VOA uses plans and maps from online digital mapping platforms, ONS surveys, planning portals, property developers, estate agents and other data within the public domain.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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