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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of properties bought under the help to buy scheme that have since been sold to private sector landlords.

We do not hold the information requested.

However no public money is used to subsidise private landlords through Help to Buy as once a property is sold on, any assistance given to the initial purchase comes to an end.