Question follow-through · 63277

Affordable Housing: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of the funding allocated for affordable housing in the Spending Review 2025 will be allocated to rural areas.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
4 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of the funding allocated for affordable housing in the Spending Review 2025 will be allocated to rural areas.

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 2 July 2025 (HCWS771).

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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