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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme on expenditure on housing support over the lifetime of that programme.

We have assessed the impacts of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme on housing benefit spending and they will be included in the Economic Case of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme Business Case, which remains under development. A summary of that Business Case will be published within four months of final approvals.