Asked by: Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat - St Austell and Newquay)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes have been completed in St Austell and Newquay constituency in each of the last five years; and how many of those homes have been affordable housing.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Statistics on house building starts and completions by tenure in each local authority district, including Cornwall, are published in the Department's live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are available at the following link:
http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building
A more complete account of additional affordable housing including new build and acquisitions is provided for each local authority area in England and is published in the Department’s live table 1008, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply
These statistics are not available by parliamentary constituency.