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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require minimum quotas of affordable housing in her Department’s proposed new towns.

Large-scale new communities created as part of the Government’s programme of new towns will help meet housing need by targeting rates of 40% affordable housing, with a focus on genuinely affordable social rented homes. We will provide further details in due course.