Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding of the Royal Institute of British Architects' report Space Standards for Homes that half of all new homes remain too small when measured against the minimum standards of the Nationally Described Space Standard.

We know new homes are not getting smaller compared to the historical average – indeed recent statistics suggest new homes have steadily increased in size since 2008. Government wants to ensure that the Nationally Described Space Standard is working effectively to support government aims of delivering more, high quality new homes and we are considering how recommended sizes should best be applied.