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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of housing in Slough.

It is vitally important that all local authorities plan to deliver the homes their communities need, now and in the future. Our planning reforms set out a comprehensive approach to ensure that the right homes are built in the right places of the right quality. It is for local authorities such as Slough to get a local plan in place, and use these tools and flexibilities to provide the homes their community needs. For example, Slough Borough Council, on behalf of Heathrow Strategic Partnership, received a total of £400,000 from the Planning Delivery Fund which was delivered within 2017/18 and 2018/19. This was to deliver a joint evidence base on planning for growth in the region.