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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of rent-to-mortgage schemes in promoting home ownership; and if he will make a statement.

This Government does not currently run a Rent to Mortgage scheme.

The Government has introduced a number of programmes to help people into home ownership. So far, over 228,000 households have been helped to buy or reserve property since spring 2010 through Government-backed schemes, including Help to Buy and Right to Buy.

Our commitment to build 200,000 Starter Homes this Parliament will ensure even more people have the opportunity to move into home ownership.