Childcare: Infrastructure
Commons · Question 33201 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the Department will make an assessment of the merits of redefining childcare as infrastructure.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 4 Mar 2025
The Planning Act 2008, Part 11, provides the legislative framework for the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).Section 216(1) of the 2008 Act means that CIL must be spent on the provision, improvement, replacement, operation, or maintenance of infrastruct...