The Affordable Homes Programme since 2015

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 19 Aug 2022 Closed: 24 Feb 2023 Parliament page
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is responsible for the Affordable Homes Programme, intended to supply new affordable homes for people to own or rent. The programme is managed by Homes England outside of London and the Greater London Authority within London. Building on previous inquiries into … Read more
17 Recommendations
6 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
24 Feb
2023
Report published
12 Dec
2022
Correspondence
7 Dec
2022
Report published
22 Sep
2022
Oral evidence
22 Sep
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
22 Sep 2022
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The Affordable Homes Programme since 2015
Emran Mian · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Jeremy Pocklington · Ministry of Defence Peter Denton · Homes England
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twenty-Ninth Report - The Affordable Homes Programme since 2015 HC 684 7 Dec 2022 23 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
5 Recommendation Acknowledged
Twenty-Ninth Report - The Affordab…
New homes built under the Programme may need expensive retrofitting to meet net-zero standards in...
New homes built under the Programme may need expensive retrofitting to meet net-zero standards in the future. The Department did not set any standards around net-zero for the Programme and relies on housing providers to comply with relevant standards. This … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees to set out the impact of including net-zero requirements in the next iteration of the Programme when ministers consider options for a successor programme; however, they note that the 2021 programme incorporated the National Model Design Code standard and that homes must meet existing and future building regulations.
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22 Conclusion Acknowledged
Twenty-Ninth Report - The Affordab…
The Department said that it thought the National Audit Office recommendation to annually update forecasts...
The Department said that it thought the National Audit Office recommendation to annually update forecasts was useful and that it was a sensible thing for the Department to do.56 The NAO report had also noted that the Department accepted that … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees to provide an annual report to Parliament on programme delivery, acknowledging that it doesn't currently hold all the data requested and will confirm what information it can share in its first report.
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Government Response AI assessment · 23 of 17 classified
Accepted 10
Accepted in Part 3
Acknowledged 2
Deferred 2
Not Addressed 4
Rejected 2
Total 17 recs + 6 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
12 Dec 2022 Correspondence from Peter Denton, Chief Executive Officer, Homes England, re Public Accounts Committee: Starter Homes inquiry – Affordable Housing statistics, dated 29 June 2022
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