Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 December 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 December 2006. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Thursday, 14 December 2006 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Housing

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what projections she has made of the number of additional households there will be in each region in the period 2003 to 2026; how many of these additional households she expects to be as a result of migration in each region; and what assessment she has made of the impact of migration on housing demand and infrastructure on London and the South East.

Answer: The estimated number of additional households in England and each region between 2003 and 2026 were published in the statistical release of 14 March 2006:"http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=l002882&PressNoticeID=2097"An estimate of the projected household growth attributable to migration is only available for England as a whole. This shows 65,000 (31 per cent.) out of the 209,000 additional households per annum are attributable to migration.

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