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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the rules on local authority Right to Buy receipts limit their use to re-purchase homes previously sold to their tenants.

Local authorities are able to use Right to Buy receipts to buy former council homes and use them for social housing. In March, following calls from local authorities, we introduced increased flexibilities on the use of Right to Buy receipts.