Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the withdrawal of funding for the neighbourhood planning support programme on (a) town and (b) parish councils who will need to update their Neighbourhood Plan following the development of a new Local Plan.

My Department does not collect information on which Town or Parish Councils in England do not currently have a neighbourhood plan.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 59114 on 19 June 2025.