Housing: Construction

(asked on 3rd March 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the (a) distribution between each local authority in England of the total number of homes built under the proposed starter homes exceptions policy over the next five years and (b) amount of section 106 and community infrastructure levy contributions foregone as a consequence of this policy.


Answered by
Brandon Lewis Portrait
Brandon Lewis
This question was answered on 6th March 2015

Further to my Written Ministerial Statement of 2 March 2015, Official Report, Column 42-44WS, we do not anticipate any shortfall, as these are homes which would not otherwise have been built.

Councils will still benefit from the New Homes Bonus and council tax receipts from the new homes.

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