Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 12
11th Report - Unlocking land for housing
Published 17 Jul 2026
Addressed to HM Treasury
Public Accounts Committee Unlocking land for housing All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
We asked how the number of homes delivered through legacy programmes were being tracked. Homes England told us it is using geospatial imaging to set boundaries around sites, and identify which homes can be attributed to unlocking interventions.27 The Department explained that attributing homes to financial investments is more challenging for some projects.28 It gave the example of improvements to junction 10 of the M5, where it is not straightforward to define a boundary and attribute all new homes within it to the intervention, noting that a degree of judgement is required.29
From: Public Accounts Committee, 11th Report - Unlocking land for housing (HC 87), 17 July 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 1 October 2026 (deadline 17 September 2026).