Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many councils are eligible to bid for additional housing revenue account borrowing in each region.
Of the 166 local authorities with a Housing Revenue Account, 104 are in an area of high affordability pressure and are eligible to bid for the additional borrowing programme (63 per cent). A list of eligible authorities is contained in the bidding prospectus.