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

To ask His Majesty's Government what requests, if any, Homes England has made to (1) the National Housing Federation, and (2) registered providers of social housing, to reduce bids in the first three years following the implementation of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme.

During the competitive assessment process for strategic partnerships under the Social and Affordable Homes Programme, Homes England asked bidders to consider how much of their grant funding would be drawn down each year. They were not asked to reduce the total grant they had bid for.