Housing: Prices
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of Question 21 October 2025 to Question 84026 on housing prices, what data he uses to inform targeted housing policy.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
My Department uses a wide range of data sources to inform the development of policy.
Public sources include the English Housing Survey; ONS datasets on house prices, rents and affordability; and Departmental statistics on housing supply, affordable housing, and homelessness and rough sleeping.
Local Authority Housing Statistics provide information on waiting lists, allocations, and lettings, while programme delivery data from Homes England and the Greater London Authority track outputs under the Affordable Homes Programme.
Planning and housing supply data, including starts, completions and permissions, are published quarterly.
Certain proprietary data cannot be published due to contractual restrictions and commercial sensitivities.
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