§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many new homes are currently projected to be built in(a) St. Edmondsbury Borough Council and (b) Mid-Suffolk District Council area between 2000–01 and 2015–16; and what corresponding projections were used by his Department in 1997–1998. [130739]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe adopted Suffolk Structure Plan provides for 540 dwellings per annum for St. Edmundsbury and 420 dwellings for Mid Suffolk over the period from 1998 to 2006. These totals are relevant to both 1997–98 and 2000–01. The structure plan is currently under review and the totals for 2006–16 will134W be determined as a result of Suffolk County Council's consideration of the appropriate level of housing in the county.