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Planning Authorities: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8 July 2024, when local authorities will be given additional funding to recruit planning officers.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
25 Jul 2024
Answer
25 Jul 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8 July 2024, when local authorities will be given additional funding to recruit planning officers.

  2. 25 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    In our manifesto, we committed to hiring 300 planners over the next five years. We are looking at a variety of options to ensure that these are recruited in a way that best supports housing delivery. We will update Parliament on our progress in the usual ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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