Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many houses with (a) one bedroom, (b) two bedrooms, (c) three bedrooms, (d) four bedrooms and (e) five bedrooms or more have been built in each of the last 10 years. (176992)

The proportions of new build completions in England by number of bedrooms and dwelling type are in the following table. The information is presented as proportions rather than absolute numbers because number of bedrooms and dwelling type is collected centrally for only about half the new build activity.

*Percentage*
	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Houses
1 bedroom	1	1	1	1	¹—	1	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
2 bedrooms	19	18	17	15	11	10	9	8	8	8
3 bedrooms	37	35	34	32	28	29	28	27	26	25
4 or more	28	30	31	32	37	34	30	23	20	20

Flats
1 bedroom	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	10	11
2 bedrooms	7	9	10	12	15	19	24	30	35	35
3 bedrooms	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
4 or more	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—

Houses and flats
1 bedroom	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	10	10	11
2 bedrooms	27	27	26	27	25	29	33	38	42	42
3 bedrooms	38	36	35	34	31	30	29	28	27	27
4 or more	28	30	32	32	37	34	30	23	21	20
All	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Total completions	149,555	140,708	142,046	133,255	129,866	137,739	143,958	155,893	163,398	167,577
¹ zero or less than 0.5 per cent. Source: National House Building Council and P2 house building return from local authorities.

Volume 471: debated on Wednesday 30 January 2008