Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“What steps he is taking to build more social and affordable homes in Banbury.”
Tabled: 6 January 2026Answered: 12 January 2026
Asked by
Sean Woodcock
Labour — Banbury
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)
Our manifesto committed us to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable house building in a generation, and we intend to do just that. Our £39 billion social and affordable homes programme will build around 300,000 homes over its 10-year lifetime, of which at least 60% will be social rent, ensuring that communities such as Banbury get the social and affordable homes they so desperately need.