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Mortgage Guarantee Scheme

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentTreasuryTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 89958

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the proportion of mortgages issued under the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme to first-time buyers in the last five years.

Answered by Lucy Rigby

Statistics are available online covering the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme which was open from 2021-2025, including a breakdown of the number of mortgages issued under that scheme by region of the UK and the proportion of purchases under that scheme made by first-time buyers.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/official-statistics-on-the-mortgage-guarantee-scheme

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