Question reference: S6W-09895
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 21 July 2022
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Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 11 August 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an estimate of the number of people in (a) the East Kilbride constituency and (b) Scotland who have benefitted from the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax first time buyer relief since its introduction.
Answer
Around 43,000 home buyers have claimed first-time buyers relief since its’ introduction in September 2018.
Revenue Scotland does not publish constituency level data, however, the latest available local authority data shows that around 1,040 homebuyers in South Lanarkshire have claimed the relief.
LBTT statistics published by Revenue Scotland can be found at: https://revenue.scot/news-publications/publications/statistics/land-buildings-transaction-tax-statistics-0