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
4 Recommendation Deferred
Twenty-Ninth Report - The Affordab…
The Department does not quantify potential savings in some areas, such as temporary accommodation, into...
The Department does not quantify potential savings in some areas, such as temporary accommodation, into the Programme. Surprisingly, the Department can identify, but not quantify, savings in areas such as temporary accommodation and adult social care that the public purse … Read more
Government Response
The government will collect evidence through resident surveys as part of the 2021 programme evaluation to understand impacts for adult social care and temporary accommodation, with first results anticipated in 2024 and surveys repeating until 2029.
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7 Recommendation Deferred
Twenty-Ninth Report - The Affordab…
The Department acknowledged that its section on risk within business case for the 2021 programme...
The Department acknowledged that its section on risk within business case for the 2021 programme may have been inadequate. We pressed the Department and Homes England over significant risks that may mean housing providers build fewer homes than forecast.11 The … Read more
Government Response
The government will report to the Committee with updated targets for programme delivery following a review with Homes England and the Greater London Authority.
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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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