Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her department has had with (a) Havering Council and (b) other groups in the London Borough of Havering about (i) the preservation of buildings of British cultural heritage, (ii) the promotion of cultural heritage, and (iii) in the context of the Mayor's London Plan which identifies Romford as an Opportunity Area with the potential for 5000 new homes by 2041, the extent to which that ambition is compatible with the preservation of Romford's cultural heritage.

DCMS has had no recent discussions with Havering Council or other groups in the London Borough of Havering about these matters.