Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-01-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council homes were built in England in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Brandon Lewis
For completeness the numbers of local authority dwellings built in England over the last 15 years are shown in the table below.
2000/01 |
2001/02 |
2002/03 |
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
2007/08 |
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England |
180 |
60 |
200 |
190 |
100 |
300 |
250 |
220 |
2008/09 |
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
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England |
490 |
370 |
1,140 |
1,960 |
1,360 |
910 |
1,360 |
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. These statistics are published both annually and quarterly.
More comprehensive statistics on affordable housing, including private registered provider (housing association) houses, are published in the Department’s live tables 1006, 1006a, 1007 and 1008, at: http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply
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