To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been allocated to (a) the Housing and Planning Delivery Group and (b) Growth Point funding for each of the next three years. (230428)

The Government are not aware of a Housing and Planning Delivery Group. However the current funding allocations for the next three years for (a) Housing and Planning Delivery Grant and (b) Growth Point Funding are set out in the following tables:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the criteria are for the allocation of housing and planning delivery grant. (230451)

The Housing and Planning Delivery Grant was established to reward local authorities for improved delivery of housing and other planning outcomes. It consists of a housing and a planning element.

For this year, the housing element is allocated to all local authorities with net additional housing completions above 0.75 per cent. of their existing housing stock. For each net addition above the threshold, the local authority receives one unit of housing grant.

The planning element consists of four components: demonstrating sufficient land for housing in line with planning policy statement 3 through a strategic housing land availability assessment (SHLAA); delivery of core strategies and development plan documents; joint working on the production of any plan document under the provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004; and publication of a strategic housing market assessment.

Further information is available at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/housing/allocationsummaryresponses