Question follow-through · 117545
Intestacy
To ask the Solicitor General, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming Bona Vacantia arrangements to permit local authorities to take ownership of unclaimed residential properties for public use.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Attorney General
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Solicitor General, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming Bona Vacantia arrangements to permit local authorities to take ownership of unclaimed residential properties for public use.
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2026
Answer published
The revenue from the collection of bona vacantia, including that from the open market sales of any residential property, is transferred annually to the Consolidated Fund for the general funding of HM Government expenditure for the general benefit of all c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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