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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) new build planning approvals and (b) houses built there were in Swindon in each year since 2010.

a) Estimates of the residential planning applications granted (planning approvals) for England and in each local authority district, year to September quarter 2017, are shown in table P136 at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics

Earlier versions of table P136 are also available from the same link:

• those for years ending July 2012 to June 2017 are under the heading, “Historical Live Tables”, and

• those for years ending September 2010 to June 2012 are available from the relevant link to the National Archives.

b) Estimates of house building; new build dwellings completions for England and in each local authority district, to September quarter 2017, are shown in Live Table 253a at the following link.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building

These cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply. The Department also publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply.