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Planning: Apprentices

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 79874

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 61255 on Planning: Apprentices, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the number of planners with a Level 7 Chartere

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

My Department currently has no plans to collect data on the number of planners with a Level 7 Chartered Town Planner Apprenticeship qualification employed by local authorities or developers.

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