SDLTM32000 | Application - Crown application FA03/S107
From HM Revenue & Customs · Stamp Duty Land Tax Manual
This section provides that Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) will apply to public offices and Government departments in the same way as to private individuals and corporations.
It also exempts transactions where the purchaser is one of the Government or parliamentary bodies listed below:
a Minister of the Crown
the Scottish Ministers
a Northern Ireland department
the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords
the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons
the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
the National Assembly for Wales