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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to table 4a of the Right to Buy Sales in England: January to March 2017-18 document of 28 June 2018, what proportion of the 17,911 new start and acquisitions forming right to buy replacement are new builds.

The Government does not collect data on whether local authority housing sold, acquired or built is detached, semi-detached, terraced or flats.

Beginning with Q1 2017-18, local authorities were asked to split the numbers provided between new build starts and acquisitions. Figures distinguishing new-build from acquisitions were not required prior to this.

Out of a total of 4,668 dwellings reported to have been started on site or acquired since Q1 2017-18, 56 per cent (2,515 dwellings) were starts on site for new builds and 44 per cent (1,953 dwellings) were acquisitions

On 14 August, alongside the Social Housing Green Paper, the Government published a consultation paper on options for providing greater flexibility for local authorities in how they use their receipts from sales under the Right to Buy. The consultation closes on 9 October and we welcome responses from local authorities and other stakeholders. The consultation can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/use-of-receipts-from-right-to-buy-sales

And responded to at:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RTBconsultation