Oral QuestionDepartment for International Trade

“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 31 March 2022Answered: 21 April 2022

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for International Trade

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)

Although Tempsford—along with Crews Hill in Enfield and Leeds South Bank—looks like a promising site, no final decisions on new town locations will be made until the strategic environmental assessment that was commenced on 28 September has concluded. Alongside the SEA process, my Department will continue to engage with local leaders to further develop our understanding of how different locations might meet the Government’s expectations of what a future new towns programme can deliver.