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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the revised definition of affordable housing in the National Planning Policy Framework will ensure that privately funded affordable rent to buy housing products are included within the definition in addition to the Government's rent to buy programme.

The Government consulted in the housing White Paper Fixing Our Broken Housing Market on a revised national planning policy definition of affordable housing. Consultation closed on 2 May and we are analysing responses. Subject to the outcome of the consultation, we envisage affordable rent to buy housing, where it meets the criteria in this definition and whether privately or publicly funded, would be included in the definition of affordable housing.