Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review the effectiveness of the objectively assessed need formula for housing.

The Government is introducing a new standard method to assess local housing need, which will provide a transparent and consistent basis for understanding the need for homes in each area. This is not a local housing target and assessing needs is the starting point in the process, not the end. We set out the proposed method in our consultation Planning for the Right Homes in the Right Places, which closed on 9 November 2017. We will consult on a draft revised National Planning Policy Framework before Easter.