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<p>This Government is committed to supporting people’s aspirations to own their own
home.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collate statistics on the total number
of first-time buyers at local authority level.</p><p> </p><p>The Help to Buy: Equity
Loan scheme has been running for 17 months. The Department’s official statistics on
sales for the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme, to 31 August 2014, broken down by local
authority for England, are available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics</a>.
In Worcester, the number of families buying a home with the support of the Help to
Buy: Equity Loan scheme, as of 31 August 2014, was 79, of which 59 (75 per cent) were
bought by first-time buyers.</p><p>The Government does not collect statistics for
first-time buyers under Help to Buy: NewBuy. The latest official statistics, to 30
June 2014, are available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338725/20140731_Help_to_Buy_Equity_Loan_and_Help_to_Buy_NewBuy_statistical_release.pdf"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338725/20140731_Help_to_Buy_Equity_Loan_and_Help_to_Buy_NewBuy_statistical_release.pdf</a>.
There have been 7 sales in Worcester local authority until that point.</p><p>The Help
to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee scheme is managed by HM Treasury and has been running for
12 months. Figures are currently available only for sales during the first nine months
of the scheme, to 30 June 2014. There have been 39 sales in Worcester local authority
until that point. The latest data is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-june-2014"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-june-2014</a>.
This includes total numbers of sales at individual local authority level (Table 7)
and UK-wide figures for the number of first-time buyers (Table 6).</p><p> </p><p>
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