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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the availability of key worker housing for health professionals.

We recognise the importance of ensuring high-quality, affordable accommodation is available to NHS staff. We are working closely together with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) to explore how we can best support NHS Trusts to deliver key worker accommodation where it is needed. Lord Markham and I announced last month we will lead a joint taskforce to work through the barriers identified for NHS staff accessing housing.