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Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 112154

Affordable Housing

Tabled: 10 February 2026
Answered: 23 February 2026

Question

Wendy Morton

Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in reference to HCWS1286 on Resetting the S106 system, whether financial payments made in lieu of onsite affordable housing will be required to remain within the originating loca

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government expects that wherever financial payments are accepted in lieu of onsite affordable housing, they will remain within the originating local authority area.