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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of local authorities that have identified a valid five year housing land supply.

The National Planning Policy Framework requires local planning authorities to identify five years’ worth of deliverable housing sites against their housing requirements. Most areas produce an annual assessment of their five year land supply. However, this position can alter due to market conditions and challenge at appeal, therefore the department does not estimate five year housing land supply at any one point in time.