Housing: Construction

Justine Greening
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of (a) houses and bungalows and (b) flats and maisonettes built in each year since 2000; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Iain Wright
[holding answer 15 January 2008]: The proportions of new build completions in England that are houses and flats are tabled as follows. The information is presented as proportions not absolute numbers because dwelling type is collected centrally for only about half of the new build activity.

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|                                      |Houses|Flats|
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|2000-01                               |80    |20   |
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|2001-02                               |77    |23   |
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|2002-03                               |73    |27   |
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|2003-04                               |66    |34   |
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|2004-05                               |59    |41   |
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|2005-06                               |54    |46   |
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|2006-07                               |53    |47   |
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|Source:National House Building Council|      |     |
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The information is published in the Housing Statistics Live Tables (table 254) on the Communities and Local Government website.