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Housing: Construction

Volume 485: debated on Thursday 11 December 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her most recent estimate is of the level of new house building in 2009-10 in housing renewal areas; and if she will make a statement. (242723)

The projected output for Housing Market Renewal funded new build housing in those areas is approximately 1,500 for 2008-09, the latest year for which estimates are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new houses have been built in (a) England, (b) the East of England, (c) Cambridgeshire and (d) Peterborough in each of the last 10 years. (242876)

The following table shows the number of annual house building completions in each of the last 10 years for England, the East of England, Cambridgeshire county council and Peterborough.

England

East of England

Cambridgeshire

Peterborough

1998-99

140,260

18,950

2,260

1999-2000

141,800

18,770

2,270

2000-01

133,260

16,030

1,970

2001-02

129,870

15,620

2,150

2002-03

137,740

17,840

2,490

511

2003-04

143,960

18,400

2,610

696

2004-05

155,890

19,890

2,750

824

2005-06

163,400

20,250

2,580

884

2006-07

167,680

22,560

3,200

1,211

2007-08

166,990

22,230

3,210

929

Source: New build completions from P2 monthly and quarterly returns submitted by local authorities and the National House-Building Council to CLG.

Figures for Peterborough are as reported by local authorities and the National House-Building Council (NHBC). For 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 Peterborough submitted no P2 returns; no estimates have been presented in these years as presenting NHBC information only would under-report the true level of house building completions in the local authority.

Figures for England, the East of England and Cambridgeshire include estimates for missing LA returns.