Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“What assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of changes in the level of local government funding on the most deprived areas.”
Tabled: 24 March 2020Answered: 30 March 2020
Asked by
Rachel Hopkins
Labour — Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
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.