Hansard

Housing: Supply

Volume 693: debated on Tuesday 3 July 2007

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Lord Greaves

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the statistical basis for the statement by Baroness Morgan of Drefelin on 20 June (Official Report, col. 220) that “housing supply has increased by over one-third”.[HL4477]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government
(Baroness Andrews)

Between 2001 and 2006 the annual rate of new housing supply has grown from around 130,000 to over 180,000, an increase of around 40 per cent.

Data sources: Local Authority Annual Monitoring Report returns to regional assemblies and local authority returns to Communities and Local Government.