Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 33201

Childcare: Infrastructure

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 4 March 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the Department will make an assessment of the merits of redefining childcare as infrastructure.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The Planning Act 2008, Part 11, provides the legislative framework for the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).Section 216(1) of the 2008 Act means that CIL must be spent on the provision, improvement, replacement, operation, or maintenance of infrastruct...

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