Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent comparative assessment his Department has made of the supply of and demand for affordable housing in (a) Bristol and (b) the South West region.
The Department has made no centralised comparative assessment. Local planning authorities are responsible for assessing and providing for affordable housing needs. 1,950 new affordable homes have been provided in Bristol since 2010.