Written question asked by Lord Gilbert of Panteg (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 July 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 August 2026. It was answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 August 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Council Housing: Construction

Question: To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding will be provided (1) from re-allocated or re-profiled budgets, and (2) as new additional funding, to deliver the new Prime Minister’s pledge to build more council housing; and whether funding will be de-allocated from (a) other types of affordable housing tenure or (b) other MHCLG budgets.

Answer: The Government is committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housing in a generation, and we have already taken decisive action to support councils to play their part in achieving this ambition, including launching our £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme, providing long-term certainty via our ten-year social housing rent policy, and Right to Buy reform. The new Prime Minister has also pledged to deliver the biggest council housebuilding programme since the post-war period. We will set out details on how we intend to achieve this in due course.

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