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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many days on average (a) it took for planning inspectors to examine a local plan and (b) there were between a local plan being submitted to a planning inspector and the inspector making a determination on that plan in each of the last five years for which information is available.

The examination stage covers the period from the date of plan submission to the Planning Inspectorate, to the issue of the Inspector’s final report.