Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2018 to Question 132701, on finance, how the Government defines the term additional flexibility in this context; and what estimate his Department has made of the funding available via additional flexibility.

Like all government departments, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government can keep some of the income we generate – for example, sub-letting our estate, planning fees or interest paid on loans. We can now use more of this income to support our activities. The amount of income the Department may retain is requested through the Parliamentary supply process; the figures for 2018-19 will be included as usual in the Department’s Main Estimate.