Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department provides to increase the number of modular housing built with timber frames.

The Government is committed to increasing housing supply by creating a diverse housing market, where housebuilders embrace innovation to become more productive and deliver better homes. Building more homes using modern methods of construction, including modular homes or timber frame homes, is a key part of this.

The Housing White Paper, published in February sets out a number of measures to stimulate the growth of this sector. These will create new opportunities for the use of modern methods of construction to encourage investors into the sector and give current suppliers confidence to expand into the housing market.

Last year the Secretary of State launched the £3 billion Home Building Fund, which provides support to builders using modern methods of construction, in addition to custom builders, small and medium-sized builders, and new entrants to the market.