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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the mandatory housing targets are for (a) Dorset, (b) West Dorset constituency and (c) the South East for 2025-29.

The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 includes a new Standard Method for assessing housing needs that is aligned to our Plan for Change milestone of building 1.5 million new safe and decent homes in England by the end of this Parliament.

Indicative local housing need figures resulting from the new Standard Method can be found on gov.uk here.

Indicative figures have not been provided for West Dorset constituency, as it falls under Dorset Council.

Planning Practice Guidance is clear that plan-making authorities should use the most up-to-date data available when assessing housing need.