Help to Buy Scheme

(asked on 18th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for the Help to Buy scheme have been for (a) shared equity, (b) shared ownership, (c) mutual housing and (d) self-build properties since the scheme was launched.


Answered by
Andrea Leadsom Portrait
Andrea Leadsom
This question was answered on 25th June 2014

The Government does not collect data on the number of applications made under the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme.

The Government publishes quarterly official statistics relating to the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme. The first of these were published on 29 May 2014.

This report, along with accompanying tables, can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014

The Help to Buy: equity loan scheme is a shared equity scheme. At Budget 2014, the Government announced that it will seek to explore how it can make the Help to Buy: equity loan scheme available for custom build.

Statistics on the legal completions supported by the equity loan scheme are published monthly at: www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics

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