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

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new jobs have been created in Ebbsfleet since the creation of the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation.

The Government’s ambition is for the creation of 30,000 new jobs in Ebbsfleet. Across the main sites, there is currently outline planning permission for 622,259 square metres of office and industrial space, 26,850 square metres of retail space and 192,000 square metres of hotel and leisure space. So far, jobs have been created at a new restaurant/public house and primary school with a new hotel opening in January 2018. There has also been significant job creation in the construction sector, including new apprenticeships.