Question follow-through · 19500

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to communicate the recent changes to the Right to Buy scheme to eligible social housing tenants.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
16 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to communicate the recent changes to the Right to Buy scheme to eligible social housing tenants.

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The government made clear in its manifesto that it intended to review the increased right to buy discounts introduced in 2012 and reiterated this in a Written Ministerial Statement on 30 July. The Right to Buy discounts review was published alongside the ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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