Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of properties available on the Home Ownership for People with Long-term Disabilities scheme; what monitoring his Department has undertaken of the adequacy of supply of those properties; and if he will make a statement.

The HOLD scheme is designed to help people with long term disabilities, who cannot otherwise do so, access the Government’s affordable home ownership programme. It is a voluntary scheme for providers and is funded by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) according to demand. Data from the HCA indicates that 20 homes were sold under HOLD in 2015/16. However, due to the way sales are reported by providers this number may not include all such sales.