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

To ask His Majesty's Government, of the 1.5 million houses they plan to build in the next 5 years, what percentage will go to (1) people now residing in the UK, (2) people who will be coming to live in the UK from overseas; and of those people coming from overseas, how many will be (a) foreign citizens with leave to remain, (b) asylum seekers, and (c) illegal migrants.

Immigration is one of a number of factors that impacts assessments of housing demand and future housing supply. The Government's commitment to build 1.5 million homes over the course of parliament is intended to provide the homes the country needs. If a person's immigration status does not allow them recourse to public funds then they are not eligible for an allocation of social housing. This includes asylum seekers.