Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 102003

New Towns

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will ask the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to vary local authorities' boundaries where they would be spanned by a new town.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
I refer the hon. Member to the independent New Towns Taskforce final report as well as the government’s initial response to it. Both can be found on gov.uk here.