Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications to HM Land Registry for routine changes to existing registered titles were completed within the service standard of 60 to 80 days in Bristol West constituency in the latest period for which data is available.

HM Land Registry (HMLR) publishes information on GOV.UK about its average processing times. This is available at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-processing-times.

In October-December 2022, HMLR completed 84% (1149) of applications for routine changes to update registered titles in the Bristol West constituency within 80 days and completed most (74%) within 60 days. Over a third of those applications that took longer than 80 days to complete required additional information from the conveyancer.

Customers can request fast-tracking at no extra cost if an application becomes urgent. HMLR processes over 1000 of these every day, with 95% completed within 10 working days.