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

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by the Minister for Housing on 17 January 2024 (HC9065 and HC9066), whether they will start collecting data about (1) the proportion of planning permissions for new homes granted to small and medium sized housebuilders in each year, and (2) the proportion of new homes built by small and medium sized housebuilders.

Our Department has no specific plans to start new collection of data on these topics, but as part of our ambitious plans to digitalise the planning system, we are committed to introducing a planning application data standard to standardise and openly publish detailed data on planning application submissions and decisions for all types of residential development across the country.