Written questions

Right to Buy Scheme: Foreign Nationals

Commons · Question 83604 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 28 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department records the (a) nationality and (b) immigration status of tenants who purchase their homes under the Right to Buy scheme; and how many Right to Buy sales h

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 28 Oct 2025

My Department does not record the nationality or immigration status of tenants who have purchased their homes under the Right to Buy scheme, nor how many Right to Buy sales have been made to non-British nationals. Eligibility for social housing is already...