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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Help to Buy equity loans were agreed in each of the last three years.

The total number of Help to Buy equity loans given in each of the last three years is:

2016 38,383

2017 46,300

2018 (to end September) 36,310 Data has only been published to end September 2018.

Details of quarterly and annual totals are set out in Table 1 of the Help to Buy: Equity Loan quarterly statistical release to end September 2018, published on 26 February 2019:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781164/HTB_Equity_Loan_statistical_release_Q3_2018.pdf.