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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much money has been allocated from the New Homes Bonus to (a) Swindon and (b) England in each year since that grant's inception.

I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 2 February 2017 to Question UIN 61781. Allocations in 2017/18 for Swindon and local authorities in England are set out in the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-homes-bonus-final-allocations-2017-to-2018

In 2017/18 a retrospective allocation was made to 9 authorities totalling £33,600 to correct a minor error in their Affordable Housing numbers for Year 6. This increased the total allocation for England in 2016/17 to £1,461,888,924.