Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 14046

New Towns

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason a) Stotfold Garden Village, b) Tempsford and c) Milton Keynes scored differently for Objective 2 of the New Towns Programme methodology.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Building on the work of the independent New Towns Taskforce, my Department carried out its own assessment of potential locations for new towns. The full methodology and outcome of this assessment can be found at Annex C of the New Town Draft Programme whi...

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