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Help to Buy Scheme

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Question for Department for Communities and Local Government

UIN 203332, tabled on 1 July 2014

Question

Mr Nigel Evans
Conservative
Ribble Valley
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many house purchases have been funded through the Help to Buy scheme in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK.

Answer

Kris Hopkins
Conservative
Keighley
Commons

Answered on

7 July 2014

This Government is committed to supporting people's aspirations to own their own home. The number of families buying a home with the support of the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme, as of 31 May in the Ribble Valley Borough Council is 21; in Lancashire it is 512; and across England it is 22,831. The Department's official statistics on sales, broken down by local authority and postcode sector for England is available at: www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics

The Department does not hold information on schemes operated by the other devolved administrations.

The Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee scheme is managed by HM Treasury and the data is available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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