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.
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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
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.
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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