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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much of the £9.58 billion of initial strategic partnership funding announced under the Social and Affordable Homes Programme on 25 August 2026 is expected to be spent in (a) Walsall Borough and (b) the West Midlands; and how many homes of each tenure that expenditure is expected to deliver in each area.

The Social and Affordable Homes Programme does not have numerical targets or ringfenced budgets for particular regions or types of home, beyond a confirmed portion allocated to London.

In the Written Ministerial Statement made on 1 September 2026 (HCWS299), we made clear that of the £9.58 billion in initial funding awarded to Strategic Partners outside of London an estimated £2.45 billion was for delivery in six Established Mayoral Strategic Authority (EMSA) areas, supporting the individual priorities of mayors who set the strategic direction of the Programme in their areas.

Estimated Strategic Partnership spend in the West Midlands Combined Authority area is £409m and will support the delivery of c.3,200 homes.

We have not produced estimates of delivery in individual local planning authority areas.