Question follow-through · 5711
Local Government: Borrowing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing Councils to borrow from the Public Works Loan Board at discounted rates in order to build homes for social rent.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 12 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 10 Oct 2024 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Flood Control · 16 Jan 2025
- Planning Permission · 17 Jan 2025
- Affordable Housing: Rural Areas · 20 Jan 2025
- Affordable Housing: Rural Areas · 20 Jan 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing Councils to borrow from the Public Works Loan Board at discounted rates in order to build homes for social rent.
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Oct 2024
Answer published
Local authorities already have access to a preferential rate from the Public Works Loans Board to support housebuilding in the Housing Revenue Account. The preferential rate of gilts +0.4% is available until June 2025. The Government is committed to suppo...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Affordable Housing: Rural Areas
20 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of completions funded by Homes England's Affordable Homes Programme were in rural settlements with a population of 3,000 or fewer in each of the last three years.
Affordable Housing: Rural Areas
20 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of completions funded by Homes England's Affordable Homes Programme were in rural settlements with (a) a population of 3,000 or fewer and (b) schemes of 15 dwelli
Affordable Housing: Rural Areas
20 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of Homes England's Affordable Homes Programme was invested in new affordable homes in rural settlements with a population of 3,000 or fewer in each of the last th
Affordable Housing: Rural Areas
20 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of Homes England’s investment programmes was spent in rural settlements with a population of 3,000 or fewer in each of the last three years.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written Questions
6 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to respond to Question 24712, tabled on 17 January 2025.
Regeneration: Whitchurch
11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will provide capital funding to support the regeneration of Whitchurch Civic Centre.
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Flood Control: Coastal Erosion
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Neighbourhood Plans: Parish and Town Councils
6 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support town and parish councils with the costs of developing Neighbourhood Development Plans.
Planning: Bank Services and Postal Services
9 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that adequate access to (a) banking and (b) postal services is considered during the planning process.