Question follow-through · 38200

New Towns Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 26862 on New Towns Taskforce, how the taskforce will work in partnership with local leaders and communities.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
17 Mar 2025
Answer
21 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 26862 on New Towns Taskforce, how the taskforce will work in partnership with local leaders and communities.

  2. 17 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Taskforce is reviewing responses to its December call for evidence and will be working with local partners to consider potential new town locations ahead of making its recommendations to ministers this summer.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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