Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“What steps his Department is taking to help support housebuilding in Stoke-on-Trent.”
Tabled: 6 January 2026Answered: 12 January 2026
Asked by
Gareth Snell
Labour (Co-op) — Stoke-on-Trent Central
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)
The Government are taking concerted action to boost rates of house building across England, including reforming the planning system and allocating record levels of grant funding support for social and affordable house building over the coming years, to the benefit of Stoke-on-Trent and the rest of the country.