Question follow-through · 112406
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the relationship between housing supply and economic growth in a) Leicester b) Leicestershire and c) the East Midlands.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 23 Feb 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the relationship between housing supply and economic growth in a) Leicester b) Leicestershire and c) the East Midlands.
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Feb 2026
Answer published
Investment in housing and infrastructure in all parts of the country, including Leicester, Leicestershire and the East Midlands, drives future economic growth and higher living standards.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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