Help to Buy Scheme

(asked on 4th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the projected annual cost is of bonuses due to holders of Help-to-Buy and Lifetime ISAs for each financial year from 2017-18 onwards.


Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 11th July 2017

An update to the costings for the Help to Buy: ISA can be found in the supporting documents to the Autumn Statement 2016. The expected cost of the government bonus payments through the Help to Buy: ISA is £1.2 billion from 2016-17 to 2019-20.

The expected cost of government bonus payments through the Lifetime ISA is as follows:

£170m in 2017/18

£330m in 2018/19

£580m in 2019/20

£830m in 2020/21

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