To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding his Department has allocated to assist first-time buyers with property purchases in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12. (318507)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) on 9 February 2010, Official Report, columns 866-68 W.

I also refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Brent East (Sarah Teather) on 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 267W.