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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress the Government has made on disposal for housebuilding of land owned by (a) the Ministry of Defence, (b) the Department of Health and Social Care, (c) NHS England, (d) the Department for Education and (e) the Department for Transport since 13 November 2023.

The Government is working to release public land for new housing, and I agree with my honourable friend on the importance of doing so. By the end of the Public Land for Housing programme(s) (2011-15 and 2015-20) in March 2020 over 60,000 homes had been brought to market on surplus government land disposed of through the programmes. DLUHC meets regularly with government departments to explore opportunities to release land and remains committed to bringing forward sites for development.