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<p>The Public Land for Housing programme (2015-2020) supports the government’s Estate
Strategy aim to identify and release surplus central government land. The aim of the
programme is to release land with capacity for at least 160,000 homes in England from
the central government estate by 31 March 2020. This followed delivery of the 2011-15
Public Land for Housing programme through which surplus land with capacity for 109,000
homes against a target of 100,000 homes was released.</p><p>The new performance data
released on the Public Land for Housing Programme was published on Thursday 6 th February
2020, (data release attached) and shows that since the start of the current programme
to the end of June 2019, departments had sold 508 sites with capacity for c48,000
homes. We confirmed to the Public Accounts Committee in 2019 that land release for
160,000 homes will be achieved to a longer timeframe due to the complexities of disposal
and the evolving demands placed on departments’ estates.</p><p>Full details of the
data requested are set out in the data tables document attached. To note in regards
to data on affordable housing, once a site has been sold by the department, the allocation
of affordable housing is agreed between local authorities and developers on a site
by site basis.</p><p>We are currently considering options for a future programme that
supports the government’s emerging priorities, reflecting on lessons learnt from both
programmes. Decisions on a future programme, including targets for departments, will
be made at Spending Review</p>
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