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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 February HCWS486 on Local Government Policy, if he will set out the planning and housing challenges in respect of which he is satisfied that a more strategic and holistic approach will be facilitated.

In relation to housing and planning challenges my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has had regard to the extent to which the area as a whole is currently meeting its housing needs.