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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in Essex who have been able to successfully utilise the help to buy scheme.

A total of 14,665 have accessed Help to Buy in the county of Essex.

A breakdown of Help to Buy figures from April 2013 to May 2023 is as follows:

• Basildon 1,015
• Braintree 1,469
• Brentwood 506
• Castle Point 192
• Chelmsford 1,437
• Colchester 2,829
• Epping Forest 243
• Harlow 1,280
• Maldon 546
• Rochford 585
• Tendring 1,156
• Uttlesford 771
• Southend-on- Sea 507
• Thurrock 2,129

Total 14,665

Statistics for all Local Authorities can be found on gov.uk here.