Oral Question·Ministry of Justice
“What progress his Department has made during the covid-19 outbreak on meeting its commitment to increase prison capacity.”
Tabled: 20 May 2020Answered: 9 June 2020
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)
The Government are committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable house building in a generation. In our first eight months in office, we have announced £800 million in new funding for the affordable homes programme. This top-up will support the delivery of up to 7,800 new homes, with more than half being social rent homes. We will set out details of new investment to succeed the 2021-to-2026 programme at the spending review.