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Housing: Aldershot

Asked by Alex BakerLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 13 January 2025UIN 20788

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of people living in overcrowded housing in Aldershot constituency.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The Department does not collect data on overcrowding at a constituency level. The government’s Plan for Change milestone of building 1.5 million new homes in this Parliament will help tackle overcrowding across the country.

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