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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 87778 on Affordable Housing: Construction, what proportion of funding from the new Programme will be used to purchase homes that have (a) already been started and (b) built through different schemes.

The new Social and Affordable Homes Programme will permit a limited number of acquisitions.

For further information, please see the policy statement published by the Department on 7 November which can be found on gov.uk here.