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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what methodology she plans to use to allocate the proposed 300 new planning officers; what the (a) average salary and (b) local government grade of those planning officers will be; and what estimate she has made of the number of full-time equivalent planning staff employed by local planning authorities on 23 July 2024.

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 1007 on 25 July 2024.