Question follow-through · 2646
Social Rented Housing: Housing Revenue Accounts
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is his department taking to ensure Housing Revenue Account funding is adequately ringfenced for social housing purposes by local authorities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 27 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is his department taking to ensure Housing Revenue Account funding is adequately ringfenced for social housing purposes by local authorities.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2026
Answer published
The Housing Revenue Account (HRA) is a ring-fenced accounting mechanism within the General Fund.The ring-fence ensures that the income from tenants’ rents is only spent on the upkeep and management of local authority tenants’ homes and it protects them fr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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