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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the role of local authorities in securing the new houses to be built following the allocation of £2 billion for new council and housing association housing in areas where there has been large-scale stock transfer of former council housing.

The Government wants to see local authorities delivering new housing. The extra £2 billion funding and rent certainty we have just announced will further support councils and housing associations to build more affordable homes.

Housing providers should work with the local authority to ensure that their schemes take account of the local affordable housing needs and through the National Planning Policy Framework, we expect local authorities to identify and plan to meet the market and affordable housing needs in their area.