Written questions by Byrne.

Communities and Local Government, what steps is the Department taking to accelerate housing delivery on derelict urban sites?

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Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of brownfield regeneration on community cohesion.

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Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms exist for his Department to intervene when local authorities are unable to deliver promised regeneration.

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Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure brownfield regeneration funding reaches projects in the most deprived constituencies.

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Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of funding availability for brownfield housing schemes in areas of high deprivation.

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Communities and Local Government, whether the Poolway Centre site in Garretts Green, Birmingham, is eligible for funding under current brownfield regeneration schemes.

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Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is able to take in instances when local authorities do not deliver on promised regeneration schemes within reasonable timeframes.

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Communities and Local Government, what funding has been allocated to brownfield regeneration projects in Birmingham in each of the last five years, and what is planned for the next three years.

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Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the availability of capital funding for brownfield housing developments led by housing associations.

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Communities and Local Government, how many applications for brownfield regeneration funding in the West Midlands have been (a) received, (b) approved and (c) rejected in each of the last three years.

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Communities and Local Government, what steps is the Department taking to accelerate housing delivery on long-term derelict urban brownfield sites.

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Communities and Local Government, what is the average time taken from council approval to development commencement for mixed-use brownfield sites in (a) the West Midlands and (b) England as a whole.

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Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms exist to provide financial support for housing developments that include community facilities and retail space in areas lacking basic amenities.

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Communities and Local Government, how many brownfield sites in Birmingham have been awaiting regeneration for more than (a) five years, (b) ten years, and (c) fifteen years.

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Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of derelict (a) retail and (b) community sites on economic development in Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North constitue

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Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new housing starts in the West Midlands in the last year were on brownfield sites.

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Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made towards meeting the Government's brownfield-first housing delivery targets in urban areas with high unemployment.

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Communities and Local Government, what funding is available for mixed-use regeneration projects that combine housing and retail development in areas of high deprivation.

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Communities and Local Government, further to his reply to parliamentary answer 97104 if he will set out his CDEL allocation in a table, programme by programme for each year for which budgets are available.

The detailed allocation of the Department’s Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (CDEL) budget is currently being finalised as part of the annual business planning process. The allocations will be confirmed through the Main Supply Estimates which are usually presented to Parliament in Spring of the financial year to which they relate.

Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy papers entitled Spending Review 2025, published on 30 June 2025, and Budget 2025, published on 28 November 2025, what their Department’s capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be in each year of the Spending Review period; how much capital funding has been allocated to each of their Department’s programmes; and how much and what proportion of the capital DEL allocation remains unallocated in each year.

The Budget document, published on 28 November 2025, set out the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2025-26 to 2029-30 (the Spending Review period) in table C.2. 2025-26 budgets are fully allocated. For future years of the Spending Review, allocations will be subject to the departmental business planning process in advance of the start of each financial year. We have announced a number of key programmes for the Spending Review period, including £39bn for a 10-year Social and Affordable Homes Programme and £5bn grant funding for infrastructure and land from the new National Housing Delivery Fund. This will complement £4.8bn capital investment from 2026-27 to 2029-30, including £2.5bn in low-interest loans to support the building of social and affordable homes.