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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled Planning for new homes, published 8 February 2019, what plans he has to revise the standard method for assessing housing need in order for it to be consistent with the Government's ambition to deliver 300,000 new homes per year by the mid-2020s.

In the Government response to the Technical consultation on updates to national planning policy and guidance, published on 19 February 2019, we confirmed that the standard method will be revised in accordance with the proposals consulted on. These changes ensures that the standard method remains consistent with enabling the housing market to deliver 300,000 homes a year on average by the mid-2020s.