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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with homebuilders on providing accessible and adaptable housing.

The Government launched a consultation on raising accessible housing standards on 8 September. My Department wrote to a wide range of housebuilders, inviting them to respond with their views and evidence and my officials presented details of that consultation at the Home Builders Federation annual conference on 16 September.