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Housing: Construction

Asked by James MacClearyLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 3 February 2025UIN 27400

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress her Department has made on its target to build 1.5 million homes during this Parliament.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The government’s Plan for Change includes an ambitious milestone of building 1.5 million safe and decent homes in England in this Parliament.

Progress will be measured through the number of net additional dwellings.

The department publishes a quarterly release entitled ‘Housing supply: Indicators of New Supply, England’. This includes estimates of new build starts and completions, by local authority, in each financial year since 1980-81, shown in Live Table 253 on gov.uk here.

We will continue to update Parliament in the usual manner.

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