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Written Question
HM Land Registry
Monday 3rd March 2025

Asked by: Connor Naismith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the Land Registry’s backlog.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to Question UIN 23772 on 27 January 2025.


Written Question
Housing: Construction
Monday 3rd March 2025

Asked by: Connor Naismith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the newly built homes her Department is planning will be smaller than (a) three and (b) four bedrooms in the next four years.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

As set out in Chapter 5 of the National Planning Policy Framework, it is for each local authority to assess the size, types and tenures of new housing needed for different groups in the community, and reflect this in their Local Plans.

As such, the size and type of new homes securing approval will depend on policies in the adopted Local Plan, and on the decisions the authority makes about individual planning proposals