FOI release
HM Land Registry disclosure log: January to March 2023
Updated 14 February 2024
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| 05/01/2023 | F230111 | We would like the number of transfer of ownership applications on a commonhold title for each of the past 5 years, with a year-end of September 30th | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 06/01/2023 | F230117 | I request data, at the lowest possible spatial aggregration (e.g. LSOA, MSOA), on the number of titles owned (freehold/leasehold) by overseas individuals and companies, yearly, between 2010-22. | I-refuse all | S12 (Cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit) | Not set | Not set |
| 06/01/2023 | F230122 | Please may you provide me, in Microsoft Excel or an equivalent electronic format, with a list of invoices that were not paid within 30 days for the last 6 financial years which would feed into the Regulation 113 Notice you are required to publish each year as part of your obligations under The Public Contracts Regulations 2015, with the following information for each invoice (where available): • The name of the Supplier • Supplier email address • Supplier company registration number • Supplier postal address • Supplier telephone number • Supplier website • The date of the invoice • The invoice reference • The gross value of the Invoice • The date the invoice should have been paid by • The actual payment date of the invoice • The total amount of interest liability due to late payment of the invoice • The total amount of interest paid to the supplier due to late payment of the invoice. | G-exceed cost | S12 (Cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit) | Not set | Not set |
| 10/01/2023 | F230134 | I was told by an NGO that there is a way to look at properties that have a restriction placed on them saying they can’t be bought or sold. Do you know how I can see that? Do I have to buy the 3 pound land registry documents for the property? The Guardian have this line: “There are 106 properties subject to sanctions restrictions, 92 of which have been added since Russia launched its invasion on 24 February, the Land Registry said.” How can I find the list of 92 properties that have been added since 24 February mentioned here? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/03/campaign-government-oligarchs-assets-sanctioned-russians | H-refuse part | S21 (Accessible) | S31 (Law enforcement) | S40 (Personal information) |
| 16/01/2023 | F230135 | I am currently looking for a data set of the ages of buildings within the UK, and have been advised to ask you. Is this something you have available or can you direct me to the correct place? | D-not held | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 17/01/2023 | F230142 | Please could you provide the following information under the freedom of information act covering the last 12 months, or the most recent 12 month period recorded: 1. Has the organisation used agencies to recruit temporary/contractor staff? 1a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on temporary/contractor staff?? 1b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 1a, splitting the spend by job title/specialism 2. Has the organisation used agencies to recruit permanent staff? 2a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on permanent staff? 2b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 2a, splitting the spend by job title/specialism 3. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with permanent recruitment? 4. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with temporary/contractor recruitment? | G-exceed cost | S12 (Cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit) | Not set | Not set |
| 17/01/2023 | F230147 | Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to know: • The number of purchases of second homes over the value of £5m By second home, I am referring to when the vendor has entered code ‘04’ on the SDLT 1 form, question 1. I would like this data as a total for each of the last five years, with December 31 as year-end. If this is not possible then please use the year-end used internally by the organisation. If you are unable to provide five years of data, please provide four years of data, if you are unable to provide four years of data, please provide three years of data, otherwise please provide data for the last two years. If it looks as if the work involved in responding to this FOI is going to exceed the time permitted under the FOIA then please contact me as soon as possible to discuss how I can reduce the scope of this request. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me. | D-not held | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 17/01/2023 | F230149 | Please provide the following information as a request under the Freedom of Information Act as applicable. The number of titles registered to individuals with an overseas correspondence address, broken down by the district where the title is located, and the country of the address since January 2020. If necessary, please separate each of the above requests into separate FOI requests to ensure that each may be answered sufficiently and accurately within the auspices of the Freedom of Information Act. | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 19/01/2023 | F230151 | This is a request for a list of all titles and addresses registered with Land Registry that are subject to a restriction by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) from Feb 24th 2022 up until the date of this request. For example, the Land Registry title document will have an OFSI restriction entry added in the Proprietorship Register. | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 21/01/2023 | F230172 | This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. BME Volunteers CIC would like to request that a copy of the following information [or public sector duty/equality assessments documents containing the following information] be provided: 1. A list and percentage (public records) of black-led organisations or people, or charitable entities that own freehold land for every region of the UK 2. A list and percentage (public records) of black-led organisations or people, or charitable entities that secured own leasehold land for every region of the UK 3. All ethnicity data you have on Land Ownership in the UK for both freehold and leasehold. An organisation or person is Black Led if: The identify as Black or Brown African and or African Caribbean Descent. Their Management Committee or Board has at least 75% of representation from people of African or African Caribbean Descent and; At least 50% of their paid staff team are African or African Caribbean people with representation at all levels of the organisation. | D-not held | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 27/01/2023 | F230197 | I would be grateful if you could confirm how many Overseas Entities are registered on the Land Registry since 1 January 1999 as satisfying one of the following in respect of UK real estate (where possible, accurate as of 1st February 2023):1.the owner/proprietor; 2.grantor of a legal charge; or 3.the grantee/grantor of a 7+ year lease. | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 27/01/2023 | F230198 | Please can you provide a copy of the latest ‘Register of Overseas Entities’ in either ‘xls’ or ‘csv’ format | Section 21 in full | S21 (Accessible) | Not set | Not set |
| 27/01/2023 | F2301101 | Please send me a copy of your safeguarding policy especially in relation to property disputes where an estranged relative/abusive Partner may obtain an address of the victim from yourselves. | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| 01/02/2023 | F230202 | What is the organisation’s policy on work from home? • What was the occupancy rate of the HM Land Registry offices during the last four months of 2022 (September, October, November, December). Please make clear the methodology for calculating this • How many members of staff are contractual home workers at present, and how many were contractual home workers in 2019/20• What have been the results of HM Land Registry’s 8 KPIs for each of the following financial year: 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23. | S22 (Future Publication) | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 01/02/2023 | F230203 | I would be very grateful if you would supply me with summary statistics on the Land Registry titles currently owned by individuals with an overseas correspondence address, broken down by local authority and approximate price of property. Please supply the numbers of freehold and leasehold titles, broken down by: 1. The country (only) of the proprietor's correspondence address (e.g. France, Spain), and 2. The local authority, and 3. The price band of the property sale, in the following bands: <£250k, £250-500k, £500k-£1m,£1m-£5m,>£5m. The ideal structure of the data would be as follows (header and two sample rows): Local authority name,Country of address,Freehold sales <£250k,Freehold sales £250-500k,...,Leasehold sales <£250k,Leasehold sales £250-500k,...Leasehold sales <£5m City of Westminster,France,3,5,....5,6,....7 City of Westminster,Spain,1,2,....0,4,....2 Please feel free to round up cells with low numbers, e.g. round up 0-2 sales up to 3 sales. It may be helpful to know that you previously supplied similar data - see requests F210122 and F220761. Please use the same methodology as in these previous requests. | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 02/02/2023 | F230206 | In respect of persistent delays in registrations….Please can you advise under FOI policy what % of your workforce are:- 1. currently working from home full time. 2.currently working from home part time. 3. What systems are in place to monitor staff progress and efficiency. | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 12/02/2023 | F230246 | 1. The total number of residential properties in England which have a Land Registry entry. 2. The total number of private owners or businesses who own more than one (2+) of those properties. 3. A table breaking down the number of private owners or businesses who own a certain number of properties. To further explain point 3, I require a two column table which contains data in the format below. In the example, there are a total of 3402 unique entities who each own 3 properties, and a total of 2302 unique entities who each own 4 properties. Number of Properties Number of Owners 3 3,402 4 2,302 5 1,002 Note that I am looking for numbers only, not the names or details of any entity. | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 14/02/2023 | F230247 | I would like to request some information under the freedom of information act. I would like the organisation to provide me with the following departmental documents around ICT and corporate procurement. Many organisations within your region have different document title names: 1. 2023/24 IT Department Documents ;- these types of documents have detailed information on the department's future plans and strategies. These documents could include: ICT Strategy/Plan, ICT Department Plan, ICT Financial Plan 2. ICT Org Chart ;- with names and job titles 3. Corporate Procurement Strategy that covers 2023/24 and more. For all the documents I have requested, please provide me with the 2023/24 documents, I only want to only receive documents that are live and valid. If the document is a strategic plan (e.g. 2020-2025) that covers a set number of years, please provide me with the 2023 version. I also require the full version of the documents i have requested, if any parts of the document is missing, please state this in the response If this cannot be provided, please provide me with information on when this version will be available. | S22 (Future Publication) | S40 (Personal information) | Not set | Not set |
| 17/02/2023 | F230252 | 1. For each Interim Charging Order registered against a Title, how many Final Charing Orders are registered? is it possible to run a report for 2006 and 2007 inclusive and then another for 2021 to date? 2. HM Land Registry's guidance on charging orders (practice guide 76), states: "1. The interim and final charging order may each be protected by the entry of a notice or restriction, as appropriate". Is it possible to get an explanation as to what this means, in particular "as appropriate"? What is the consequence of not registering a Final Charging Order. | S12 (Cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit) | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 20/02/2023 | F230263 | I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide a list of any and all contact your organisation and/or staff have had with British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, as well as any other domestic or transnational tobacco companies or anyone representing the tobacco industry including subsidiaries of tobacco industry. I would like this information for the period from 1 April 2021 to 20 February 2023. Contact would primarily include attending or arranging meetings or functions, and responding to correspondence or phone calls. Please break down the information by: • Tobacco company or representative’s name • Date of contact(s) • Type of contact (meeting, email, letter, phone call, text/app message or video call, e-card or any other form of electronic communication) • Place of contact, if relevant • Purpose of contact • Outcome of contact, including if no action taken I request that the information be provided electronically. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request. | D-not held | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 21/02/2023 | F230266 | I am doing a research project investigating call-off contracts in the public sector. I have identified a potential call-off contract awarded by HM Land Registry, but I can't find details of the framework agreement it was awarded from. I have attached an Excel file that contains the information I am looking at. The last two columns ("Title of framework used" and "Contracts Finder or TED link of framework agreement") is where I am missing information - please could you fill these in. Please note that I have identified this contract as a possible call-off contract, so there is a chance it is not a call-off. It could be, for instance, procured directly (without being called off from a framework agreement), or could be itself a notice of the establishment of a framework agreement. Therefore I would kindly ask you to specify in this instance what kind of procurement was used in the "Title of framework used" column. I have provided the title, description, details of the email contact from the notice, the publication date, and procedure type used to award the potential call-off, as well as a URL link to the call-off in question and a unique reference ID for the potential call-off. Please let me know if there is anything else you need to complete the request. | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 24/02/2023 | F230276 | Follow up to F230149 (The number of titles registered to individuals with an overseas correspondence address, broken down by the district where the title is located, and the country of the address since January 2020. ) - Please may we have the following yearly figures for the data provided as at; 1st January 2020 1st January 2021 1st January 2022 1st January 2023 | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| 02/03/2023 | F230302 | 1) When did your Department align with the Government Finance Function Career Framework, following its launch in May 2021? 2) How many of your Finance Directors (SCS2), including those reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, are NOT qualified (Qualified with CCAB,CIMA or equivalent)?3) Do you report to HM Treasury on your adoption of the Government Finance Function Career Framework, including your “qualification position” of whether staff within your department working in finance roles are qualified (Qualified with CCAB,CIMA or equivalent)? | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 01/03/2023 | F230307 | I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 from the Land Registry for the year 2022 (or the latest available year). I would like a CSV file of all property records for houses sold in 2022 with names starting with 'The' or names ending with 'House' within England & Wales. The CSV file should include the property value, the full property name, and the city/location of each property. Additionally, for each city/location featured in the list, please provide the city's average sale price for property in the 2022 year (or the latest available year). | S21 (Accessible) | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 06/03/2023 | F230312 | Please could you tell me the total number of currently registered titles containing the word "trustee" or "trustees" within the proprietors' names, broken down by local authority. | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 06/03/2023 | F230314 | I would like to make a request for all house price sale data within the following criteria. This can be either electronic or paper copies a) Time frame: April-July 1991 b) Area - LS23 c) size of property between 95-140m2 | S21 (Accessible) | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 12/03/2023 | F230329 | 1...Does HM Land Registry currently issue new recruits to the organisation with any of the following. (a)...A language guide or similar which advises employees on the most appropriate words, phrases, and terms to use when writing to and or communicating with and or referring to their colleagues and or members of the public and or the organisation's clients/customers/service users and or representatives and employees in the organisation's stakeholder and partner organisations. (b)...A guide or similar which helps and encourages staff to promote diversity and inclusivity both in the workplace and or in their dealings with members of the public and or in their dealings with the organisation's clients/customers/service users and or in their dealings with employees in and or representatives of the organisation's stakeholders and any partner organisations. 3...Since January 1, 2022, has the organisation issued any kind of guidance (as defined in question 1 a to b) to existing employees who were not new recruits to the organisation at the time the guidance was issued. | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 15/03/2023 | F230336 | 1) Do you use a social media management platform or a social listening tool? 2) If so, what tools do you use? 3) How much do you spend annually on a Social media management tool? 4) How much do you spend annually on a social listening tool? 5) When does your contract with your supplier/suppliers end? 6) Who is the senior officer in charge of this contract? | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 23/03/2023 | F230354 | Please can you detail how many and which large council housing land estates in England have been re-designated as council highways land while they re-develop intensify housing zoned? | D-not held | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 24/03/2023 | F230359 | I am writing to ask please for the following information, 1. The total number of residential leasehold properties in (a) England and (b) Wales; 2. The total number of residential leasehold properties provided in 1 (a) & (b) each divided by unexpired terms of those leases, as follows; (a) the number of residential leasehold properties with an unexpired term of 150 years and over, (b) the number 100 years and over, (c) the number 80 years and over, (d) the remainder with unexpired terms of less than 80 years; 3. If you do not hold this information on unexpired lease terms in an interrogable form, I would like to receive any information you can provide as regards number of leaseholds by lease length that you do hold - for example, the lease expiry dates divided as 150+/100+/80+/fewer years hence - or simply a description of the searchable data in relation to lease lengths that you do hold on residential leasehold properties. | S21 (Accessible) | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 25/03/2023 | F230363 | Please provide me with how many estate rentcharges were registered with HMLR in the following years: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 26/03/2023 | F230364 | We are seeking information as to the average turn around times for when a conveyance Solicitor submits to HMLR, the relevant documents required to complete the sale of a dwelling property. Such documents would include: DS1's, TR1's, AP1's and RX1's Average processing times of submitted applications for each of the past 10 years (as the relevant date period may be relevant here as well). Percentage of application which are rejected and/or subject to land registry requisitions for each of the past 10 years. Average period from date of legal completion to receipt of the submitted AP1 forms from small to medium size law firms. | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 25/03/2023 | F230369 | How many magistrates courts in the Central London area are registered on Land Registry? | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 17/03/2023 | F230370 | As a freedom of information request did fraud dramatically sky rocket during lockdown when the time was greater? | B-Fully granted | Not set | Not set | Not set |