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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department allocates to organisation that provide advice to people that self-build on planning applications.

The Department has allocated £32,205,600 of new burdens funding for the period 2016/17 - 2019/20 to 326 English local authorities, 9 National Park Authorities and the Broads Authority in discharge of their duties under the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding legislation.