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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to allow local councils (1) to set their own discount rates for the Right to Buy scheme, and (2) to retain all receipts from the Right To Buy scheme; and what assessment, if any, they have made of the case for withdrawing the Right To Buy scheme to assist with the shortage of social housing.

The Government remains committed to the Right to Buy and believes that anybody who works hard and aspires to own their own home should have the opportunity to do so. We have recently consulted councils on increased flexibilities around the use of Right to Buy receipts, designed to make it easier for them to deliver more housing with those receipts, and will be issuing our response to the consultation shortly. The response will formally set out the Government’s views on the issues raised here.