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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government press release entitled Historic council housebuilding comeback to help families into secure homes, published on 24 August 2026, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that areas which do not yet have an Established Mayoral Strategic Authority are not disadvantaged in allocations from the Social and Affordable Homes Programme.

I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 1 September 2026 (HCWS299).