questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release of 22 March 2026 entitled Seven new towns proposed to kickstart housebuilding push, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of dwellings that will be (a) started and (b) completed in new towns during this Parliament; and in which of the new towns of the seven proposals will building starts be initiated.
answerText: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the New Towns Draft Programme consultation launched on 23 March which can be found on gov.uk here.
heading: New Towns: Housing