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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of what share of sites on brownfield registers are economically viable, and what share of brownfield sites are expected to become viable as a result of funding from her department to, respectively, local authorities and developers.

My Department has not made a comprehensive assessment of every site on brownfield registers across England that is currently viable. It is for individual local planning authorities (LPAs) to assess the suitability, availability, and achievability of sites for inclusion on their Brownfield Land Registers using specific criteria set out in the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017.

The Brownfield Land Release Fund 3 (BLRF 3) makes available up to £104m in capital funding between 2026/27 and 2029/30 to enable LPAs to release council-owned sites on brownfield land for housing development. LPAs report against delivery, risks, and key outcomes, including land released and homes enabled.

My Department launched the National Housing Delivery Fund (NHDF) on 1 April 2026. The NHDF will provide c.£5 billion of capital grant funding for infrastructure and land from 2026 to 2030. Homes England administers the core NHDF and provides grant funding to projects that will deliver its objectives. As part of the Integrated Settlement, £1.3 billion of funding is being administered by the Established Mayoral Strategic Authorities. NHDF grant funding has also been provided to Mayoral Strategic Authorities, building on the existing Brownfield Housing Fund. Housing outputs, including unlocked housing capacity, starts and completions, are tracked across the portfolio.