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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the answer of 24 October to Question 64119 on Planning: Inspections, how many cases within the planning inspectorate have been waiting for a planning inspector to be assigned for more than (a) six and (b) 12 months.

As of 26^th October 2022, there were 2,751 cases that have been waiting for a planning inspector for more than 6 months, and 766 cases which have been waiting for more than 12 months.