Question follow-through · 21294
Planning Authorities: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Written Statement of 30 July 2024 on Building the homes we need, HCWS48, how many of the new planning officers will have the expertise to handle historic an
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 19 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jan 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Written Statement of 30 July 2024 on Building the homes we need, HCWS48, how many of the new planning officers will have the expertise to handle historic an
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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10 Jan 2025
Answer published
At the Budget, the Chancellor announced a £46 million package of investment to support capacity and capability in local planning authorities. We are working with delivery partners to understand how we can scale delivery and fund the recruitment and traini...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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