Brandon Lewis corrected a written answer on Affordable Housing: South East

26 March 2015 · Commons written answer · Department for Communities and Local Government

Mr Dominic Raab (Conservative, Esher and Walton) asked written question 228536 on 20 March 2015. Brandon Lewis answered on 25 March 2015 for the Department for Communities and Local Government, and Brandon Lewis corrected the answer on 26 March 2015. The same corrected answer was given to question 228549. The correction replaced 12 figures (123, 157, 224, 269, 363, 375) with 3 figures (170,000, £1,239 million, £19.5 billion). Altogether 356 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government plans to invest in affordable housing in the South East of England between 2015 and 2020; and how many affordable homes he forecasts will be built in that region in that period.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
£38 billion public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas. ~~The 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme has made initial allocations of £1.3 billion grant funding to deliver almost 62,000 new affordable homes, including £154 million in~~ the East and South East area to deliver over 9,600 homes. The Homes and Communities Agency are inviting bids for the remainder of the 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme funding. Approximately £800 million is available. Affordable housing expenditure for England, South East, Surrey and Elmbridge in each year since 2005 is set out below. \| England \| South East \| Surrey \| Elmbridge \| £m \| £m \| £m \| £m 2013-14 \| 965 \| 123 \| 11 \| 0.9 2012-13 \| 1,083 \| 157 \| 14 \| 1 2011-12 \| 1,578 \| 224 \| 17 \| 0.9 2010-11 \| 2,660 \| 426 \| 34 \| 4 2009-10 \| 3,737 \| 565 \| 46 \| 6 2008-09 \| 2,612 \| 424 \| 45 \| 2 2007-08 \| 2,029 \| 363 \| 37 \| 5 2006-07 \| 1,921 \| 375 \| 45 \| 2 2005-06 \| 1,577 \| 269 \| 47 \| 5	Affordable housing expenditure for England, Surrey and Elmbridge in each year since 2005 is set out below. \| England \| \| Surrey \| Elmbridge \| £m \| \| £m \| £m 2013-14 \| 965 \| \| 11 \| 0.9 2012-13 \| 1,083 \| \| 14 \| 1 2011-12 \| 1,578 \| \| 17 \| 0.9 2010-11 \| 2,660 \| \| 34 \| 4 2009-10 \| 3,737 \| \| 46 \| 6 2008-09 \| 2,612 \| \| 45 \| 2 2007-08 \| 2,029 \| \| 37 \| 5 2006-07 \| 1,921 \| \| 45 \| 2 2005-06 \| 1,577 \| \| 47 \| 5 The budget for the supply of new affordable housing in 2014-15 is £1,239 million. However, this under-states the total level of affordable housing investment under this Government. Our Affordable Homes Programme is on track to deliver and surpass 170,000 new affordable homes between 2011 and 2015, and lever in £19.5 billion of public and private investment. A further £38 billion of public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas. We do not publish regional statistics, nor does our housing or planning policy operate on the old Government Office Regions.

Original

Corrected

£38 billion public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.
~~The 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme has made initial allocations of £1.3 billion grant funding to deliver almost 62,000 new affordable homes, including £154 million in~~ the East and South East area to deliver over 9,600 homes. The Homes and Communities Agency are inviting bids for the remainder of the 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme funding. Approximately £800 million is available.
Affordable housing expenditure for England, South East, Surrey and Elmbridge in each year since 2005 is set out below.
| England
| South East
| Surrey
| Elmbridge
| £m
| £m
| £m
| £m
2013-14
| 965
| 123
| 11
| 0.9
2012-13
| 1,083
| 157
| 14
| 1
2011-12
| 1,578
| 224
| 17
| 0.9
2010-11
| 2,660
| 426
| 34
| 4
2009-10
| 3,737
| 565
| 46
| 6
2008-09
| 2,612
| 424
| 45
| 2
2007-08
| 2,029
| 363
| 37
| 5
2006-07
| 1,921
| 375
| 45
| 2
2005-06
| 1,577
| 269
| 47
| 5

Affordable housing expenditure for England, Surrey and Elmbridge in each year since 2005 is set out below.
| England
|
| Surrey
| Elmbridge
| £m
|
| £m
| £m
2013-14
| 965
|
| 11
| 0.9
2012-13
| 1,083
|
| 14
| 1
2011-12
| 1,578
|
| 17
| 0.9
2010-11
| 2,660
|
| 34
| 4
2009-10
| 3,737
|
| 46
| 6
2008-09
| 2,612
|
| 45
| 2
2007-08
| 2,029
|
| 37
| 5
2006-07
| 1,921
|
| 45
| 2
2005-06
| 1,577
|
| 47
| 5
The budget for the supply of new affordable housing in 2014-15 is £1,239 million. However, this under-states the total level of affordable housing investment under this Government. Our Affordable Homes Programme is on track to deliver and surpass 170,000 new affordable homes between 2011 and 2015, and lever in £19.5 billion of public and private investment.
A further £38 billion of public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.
We do not publish regional statistics, nor does our housing or planning policy operate on the old Government Office Regions.

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