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Help to Buy Scheme: Essex

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 81152

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in Essex who have been able to successfully utilise the help to buy scheme.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

A total of 14,665 have accessed Help to Buy in the county of Essex.

A breakdown of Help to Buy figures from April 2013 to May 2023 is as follows:

Total 14,665

Statistics for all Local Authorities can be found on gov.uk here.

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