Oral QuestionDepartment for Transport

What recent assessment he has made of the annual cost to the economy of road traffic congestion in England.

Tabled: 25 May 2023Answered: 8 June 2023

Asked by

Sir Christopher Chope

ConservativeChristchurch

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Transport

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Angela Rayner)

We announced a record £39 billion investment into the new social and affordable homes programme at the spending review, which will create around 300,000 new homes over 10 years. Earlier this month, we published a five step plan that sets out how we will deliver the biggest increase in social housing in a generation to transform the safety and quality of social housing. My priority as Deputy Prime Minister is to get more social rent homes built, and that is what this Labour Government are delivering.