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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to collect and publish data from house builders on build-out rates.

The Housing White Paper proposed a range of measures to improve transparency of data around housing delivery. These measures were well supported by respondents to the consultation, and strongly supported by my Rt Hon Friend Sir Oliver Letwin who also raised concern at the paucity of publicly available data as part of his independent review of build out. We will continue to explore opportunities to increase transparency around housing delivery.