Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.

As of the end of March 2014 the Public Sector Land Programme had disposed of land capable of delivering over 76,000 homes in England.

The Department for Transport has contributed land capable of delivering 3,752 homes to the Programme, we are continuing to rationalise our estate, delivering cost savings and better value for money for the taxpayer.

In the final year of this programme work is continuing to dispose of land capable of delivering much needed homes and are on course to meet the Government’s ambition to dispose of land capable of delivering 100,000 homes by April 2015.