Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of hectares of land in England changing to residential use that was (a) previously developed and (b) not previously developed, since 1988.

The requested information is available in the following live tables:

1989 to 2011: Live Table P226 at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/267563/201312_-_Tables_P221-P226_-_LUCS_-_Land_changing_to_residential_use.xls; and

2013/14 to 2015/16: Live Table P370 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/595736/1516_Land_Use_Change_Statistics_Live_Tables_Feb_revision.xlsx

Figures from the two tables are not directly comparable due to a change in methodology that was introduced in 2013/14. This is also the reason why no figures are available for 2012.

More information on the methodological change can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432348/DCLG_LUCS_New_Methodology_Guidance.pdf