Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of first-time buyers who purchased properties between 22 November 2017 and 1 January 2018 who paid no Stamp Duty in (a) England and Wales, (b) the South West, (c) South Gloucestershire local authority area and (d) Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency.

The number of purchases benefitting from the Stamp Duty Land Tax relief for first-time buyers between 22 November 2017 and 1 January 2018 was estimated to be 16,000. This relief means that over 80% of first-time buyer purchases do not pay SDLT. Estimates for regional, local authority and constituency level are not yet available.

Statistics on the number of first-time buyers claiming the relief are due to be published in the Quarterly Stamp Duty Statistics on 26 April 2018.