Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the housing capacity of public land disposed of to date; and what proportion of homes built on that land will be affordable.

Between 2011 and 2015, the Government exceeded its target of selling surplus public sector land with the capacity for 100,000 homes.

The Public Land for Housing programme 2015-20 annual report was published in February 2017 and shows the land disposed of for housing. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-land-for-housing-programme-2015-to-2020-annual-report

The Public Land for Housing Programmes was designed to specifically address the shortage of land for housing but we want to ensure that homes are built on that land. We are now monitoring the progress of sites sold through both the 2011-15 and 2015-20 Public Land for Housing Programmes, in order to estimate the number, type and tenure of homes under construction.