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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a list of the local authorities he has issued a direction to publish a plan timetable within 12 weeks of the publication of the National Planning Policy Framework.

I refer the Hon Member to the written statement of 19^th December 2023 The Next Stage in Our Long Term Plan for Housing Update (HCWS161).

The designation thresholds for local authority planning decision making performance are set out in the Criteria for Designation which was published on 19^th October 2022 and is available to view at the following link.