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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library the current version of the Planning Inspectorate's Inspector Training Manual; and whether there is a separate Planning Inspectors' Handbook.

The collection of documents contained within the Planning Inspectorate's 'Inspector Training Manual' are updated as necessary and are therefore subject to regular change. As such, any version placed in the House Libraries would not remain current.

The Manual is intended to support inspectors in carrying out their functions and is not a statement or interpretation of Government policy.

There is no separate Planning Inspectors' Handbook.