A question on #Housing #Construction tabled by Ben Lake on 03-04-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Housing: Construction
Question ID: 1792009
UIN: 43892
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-03
Asking Member ID: 4630
Asking Member display name: Ben Lake
Asking Member handle: BenMLake
Asking Member Twitter reference: @BenMLake
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's official Spring Statement of 26 March 2025, whether the 1.3million homes to be built will be built in the UK or in England.
Is named day: true
Date of holding answer: 2025-04-08
Date answered: 2025-04-16
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: The 1.3 million homes figure referenced represents a forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) based solely on the impact of the changes the government made to the National Planning Policy Framework on 12 December 2024. The OBR does not provi...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true