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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his officials had with the Deputy Mayor for Planning in April 2016 on his decision to accept a £45 million benchmark land value for the Westferry Printworks site.

The Secretary of State’s conclusions on benchmark land value in relation to this site, and his assessment of the impacts on the provision of affordable housing are set out in full in the Inspector’s Report of 20 November 2019 and his decision letter of 14 January.