Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 103397
Planning Inspectorate: Pay
Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 16 January 2026
Question
Neil O'Brien
Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the drivers of and reasons for the doubling of the wage and salary costs of the Planning Inspectorate since April 2017.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe Planning Inspectorate deals with a range of planning and environmental casework from across government including: planning and environmental appeals, including against refusals of planning related applications by Local Planning Authorities and refusal...
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