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Written question asked by John Healey (Labour) on Thursday, 30 November 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 December 2017. It was answered by Lord Sharma (Conservative) on Monday, 11 December 2017 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.


Housing: Construction

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons publication of the house-building statistics House building; new build dwellings, England: September Quarter 2017 has been delayed.

Answer

As published in the National Statistics announcement, this release was delayed due to extra time being required for data production. This followed a switch to a new data collection system. The release is now scheduled for 19 December.

The new data collection system is delivering benefits including unified and efficient handling of the Department’s data collections. This system is already working successfully with local government financial information which transferred earlier this year.

The National Statistics announcement can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/house-building-new-build-dwellings-england-september-quarter-2017?cachebust=1511441945


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
116728
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Construction Housing Publications Statistics
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk