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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, CP1210, if she will make it her policy to publish regular reports on progress towards the target to fast track at least 150 major infrastructure projects; and what her definition is of a major infrastructure project in this context.

As part of its Plan for Change, the government has committed to making decisions on at least 150 major infrastructure projects within this Parliament. This target is aimed at projects of a certain type and over a certain size as set out under the Planning Act 2008, which are considered by government to be of national importance and therefore should be consented at a national level through the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects regime.

Progress on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project decisions that make up the 150 milestone are publicly trackable on the Planning Inspectorate website which provides information on each project going through the process. We are currently considering how best to summarise and present this information and will announce plans in due course.