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Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to release land to Homes England through the Defence Infrastructure Organisation to meet the government's housebuilding commitments.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
30 Jan 2025
Answer
4 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to release land to Homes England through the Defence Infrastructure Organisation to meet the government's housebuilding commitments.

  2. 30 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    On average the Ministry of Defence releases enough surplus land for over 3,500 new homes a year. There is no policy mandating this land is released to Homes England, however, along with other Government Departments the Ministry of Defence works with Homes...

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