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Housing: Construction

Written question asked by John Healey (Labour) on Friday, 31 March 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 March 2023. It was answered by Alex Chalk (Conservative) on Friday, 31 March 2023 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Figure 8 of the NAO report Optimising the Defence Estate, HC293, published on 11 June 2021, what targets his Department has for releasing land for housebuilding in England.

Answer

The Department has no target for releasing land for housing. MOD sites are sold when they are surplus to military requirements, not to release land for housebuilding.

About this written question

Reference

172324

Session

2022-23
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Ministry of Defence: Optimising the defence estate
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
House of Commons papers
House of Commons

Contains statistics

Yes
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