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Housing: Construction

Volume 463: debated on Monday 23 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many houses were built by (a) the private sector, (b) housing associations and (c) local authorities in each year since 1990. (150883)

New build completions by tenure in each year since 1991-92 are tabulated as follows.

New build completions by tenure, England

Total1

Private2

Local authority1

Registered social landlords3

1991-92

155,132

125,058

7,113

22,961

1992-93

142,461

98,880

2,579

41,002

1993-94

147,714

103,538

1,451

42,725

1994-95

157,966

110,947

853

46,166

1995-96

154,599

103,873

757

49,969

1996-97

146,246

112,188

451

33,607

1997-98

149,555

121,022

323

28,210

1998-99

140,708

113,992

178

26,538

1999-2000

142,046

119,667

58

22,321

2000-01

133,255

112,137

179

20,939

2001-02

129,866

108,064

63

21,739

2002-03

137,739

116,202

199

21,338

2003-04

143,958

119,819

191

23,948

2004-05

155,893

128,422

100

27,371

2005-06

163,398

130,072

299

33,027

2006-07

167,691

145,554

245

Sources:

1 Total and local authority new build completions from P2 returns submitted local authorities and National House Building Council (NHBC)

2 Private tenure is derived from the total “P2 completions” minus local authority and Housing Corporation registered social landlord figures. These figures will not match published live tables which are sourced from P2 only.

3 Figures are total affordable new build as reported by the Housing Corporation and include social for rent and intermediate housing eg low cost home ownership.

New build registered social landlord and council dwellings only make up part of the affordable supply; the remainder being acquired by registered social landlords. In 2005-06, acquisitions by registered social landlords numbered 11,834, taking the total affordable housing provision to 44,861.