Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What recent progress the Child Poverty Taskforce has made on developing strategies to help reduce child poverty.”
Tabled: 10 December 2024Answered: 16 December 2024
Asked by
Kate Osamor
Labour (Co-op) — Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
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.