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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Standards

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 78227

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 75449 on MHCLG: Standards, if he will list each metric presented on the Ministerial Delivery Dashboard.

Answered by Samantha Dixon

MHCLG uses a range of metrics and data to monitor and track delivery progress on key departmental priorities, as well as support policy development and decision-making. The table below shows a list of the publicly available metrics included in the dashboard.

Priority

Metric

Build 1.5m new homes

Net additional homes

Build 1.5m new homes

Housing starts

Build 1.5m new homes

Homes granted planning permission

Build 1.5m new homes

New affordable housing by type of tenure

Build 1.5m new homes

New affordable housing supply (gross) by region

Build 1.5m new homes

Permanent dwellings completed by providers (LA / Housing associations)

Build 1.5m new homes

Permanent dwellings started by providers (LA / Housing associations)

Build 1.5m new homes

Rolling annual number of first-time buyers with a mortgage

Build 1.5m new homes

House price to workplace-based earnings ratio

Build 1.5m new homes

Annual rental inflation - all rents

Build 1.5m new homes

New lets (Zoopla)

Building remediation

Completions as a percentage of buildings estimated to need works

Building remediation

Starts on site as a percentage of buildings estimated to need works

Building remediation

The number of buildings identified as a percentage of buildings estimated to need works

Homelessness & rough sleeping

Number of families in temporary accommodation

Homelessness & rough sleeping

Number of families in B&B accommodation

Homelessness & rough sleeping

Total number of people sleeping rough (according to autumn snapshot)

Homelessness & rough sleeping

Number of people who are sleeping rough over the course of the month

Devolution

Devolution depth and coverage

Local government financial stability

Percentage of upper tier local authorities in 'high' and above risk categories

Local government financial stability

Number of local authorities receiving financial support

Community & cohesion

Percentage of people agreeing that they can personally affect local decisions

Community & cohesion

Percentage of people satisfied with their local area as a place to live

Community & cohesion

Percentage of people agreeing that people in their immediate neighbourhood can be trusted

Community & cohesion

Percentage of people with each level of trust in general

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