Question follow-through · 103531

China: Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) residential and (b) commercial properties in London are owned by the People's Republic of China.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

About this written question

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 6 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 8 Jan 2026
Answer: 15 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

6 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) residential and (b) commercial properties in London are owned by the People's Republic of China.
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government does not control the purchase of private property within the United Kingdom, and keeps no central record of purchases made on behalf of individual nation states.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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