To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the Government's target is for the number of new domestic dwellings to be built in each year in England; (145523)

The Sustainable Communities Plan, launched in 2003, set out plans to increase housing delivery across London and the wider south east in the period to 2016 to 1.1 million in total, from previous plans for 900,000. In 2005, the Government set a target for 200,000 new homes a year by 2016.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes have been built in each year under the Sustainable Communities Plan since its inception. (145525)

Since the Sustainable Communities Plan was announced in 2003, net additions to the housing stock in England have been as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many domestic dwellings were completed in England in each year since 1996-97. (145526)

The number of new domestic dwellings completed in England in each year since 1996-97 has been tabulated as follows.

The number of domestic dwellings completed in England is also shown on the Communities and Local Government website:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/53/Table232_id1156053.xls.