HM Land Registry

HM Land Registry
Welsh: Cofrestrfa Dir Ei Mawrhydi
Agency overview
Formed1861 (1861)
Typenon-ministerial government department
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Employees6,393 (as at 2021)[1][2]
Agency executive
  • Simon Hayes, Chief Land Registrar and Chief Executive
Websitegov.uk/land-registry

His Majesty's Land Registry is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's Government, created in 1862 to register the ownership of land and property in England and Wales.[3] It reports to the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government.[4] The registry contains 87% of land in the UK as of 2019.[5]

HM Land Registry is internally independent and receives no government funding; it charges fees for applications lodged by customers. The current Chief Land Registrar (and CEO) is Simon Hayes.[6]

The equivalent office in Scotland is the Registers of Scotland. Land and Property Services maintain records for Northern Ireland.

  1. ^ "HM Land Registry Annual Report and Accounts 2020 to 2021".
  2. ^ figure is as of 31.3.21
  3. ^ "Framework Document 2008". HM Land Registry. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  4. ^ Sunak, Rishi (23 May 2023). "Machinery of Government statement on 23 May 2023". parliament.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Why HM Land Registry wants to achieve comprehensive registration – HM Land Registry". hmlandregistry.blog.gov.uk. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Our governance".