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Written question asked by Robin Walker (Conservative) on Wednesday, 30 November 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 December 2011. It was answered by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Monday, 20 February 2012 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Housing: Worcester

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new homes have been registered in Worcester constituency for each of the last 20 years.
Answer

The local level information collected on house building in England relates to local authority areas.Data on new build housing completions (and starts) are published at local level on an annual basis. Information for years from 2004-05 onwards is available on the Department's website at:"http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/1474276.xls"The available data for the Worcester local authority area for earlier years are as follows:

Number
1996-97 480
1997-98 440
1998-99 760
1999-2000 n/a
2000-01 n/a
2001-02 200
2002-03 170
2003-04 n/a
n/a = Not available
Source:
Quarterly building control returns submitted to DCLG by local authorities and the National House Building Council. Where the local authority has not submitted a quarterly return to DCLG, no figure has been presented for any 12-month period that includes the missing quarter.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
85039; 540 c580W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Housing Worcester
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk