Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

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

Tabled: 28 February 2024Answered: 5 March 2024

Asked by

Debbie Abrahams

Labour — Oldham East and Saddleworth

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)

The housing delivery test is an annual measurement of housing delivery in local planning authority areas over a rolling historical three-year period. Chesterfield borough council achieved a housing delivery test result of 168% last year, indicating very strong delivery against the number of homes that the area requires.