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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much brownfield land they have identified as being suitable for house building, and in particular for building social housing; and what proportion of the total is situated in areas with a current housing shortage.

We estimate that capacity exists for around 200,000 homes on brownfield sites that are suitable and viable for housing, in areas where sufficient demand exists, and irrespective of tenure. To improve the availability and transparency of data on brownfield land, we have announced our intention to require local authorities to maintain a register of brownfield land suitable for housing.