Mr. David Kelly:

One of the measures in Housing for All is to get down and look at the delivery blend in each local authority. In 2021 and 2022 each local authority prepared a housing delivery action plan which set out the numbers of one-bedroom, two-bedroom, three-bedroom and four-bedroom houses. In some cases they have not come on stream yet so the Department supports an acquisition, either by a local authority or through an approved housing body, using the capital assistance scheme. This has been working quite successfully, perhaps not to the extent that we need but it is providing solutions.