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

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of local authorities who have up to date local plans; and what steps they plan to take to encourage local authorities who have not yet submitted their local plans to do so.

Information on the status of Local Plans is published by the Planning Inspectorate at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-plan-monitoring-progress.

The Government has been very clear that all local authorities should have a plan in place.