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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the criteria for the distribution of the (a) Housing Infrastructure Fund Forward Fund, (b) Estates Regeneration Fund, (c) Home Building Fund, (d) Small Sites Fund and (e) Land Assembly Fund on the number of houses built in different local authority areas.

The criteria of these funds have been designed to ensure homes are built in the areas that need them most. It is absolutely right that government tackles the issue of affordability where it is most acute, and ensure value for money for the taxpayer.

The effect of this funding will be to build more homes in areas where affordability pressures are most severe.

These five funds will continue to deliver on the Government's ambitious housing targets including the aim to deliver 300,000 homes per annum by the mid 2020’s.