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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were (a) started and (b) completed in Essex in 2023-24.

Data on new affordable housing starts and completions by upper tier local authority, including Essex, is available on the affordable housing supply open data published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply.

The number of completions is available since 1991-92. The department started publishing the number of starts in 2015-16. However, starts not reported via Homes England or the Greater London Authority only started being collected in 2016-17 and are collected on a voluntary basis. This means 2015-16 data does not include these data and subsequent years may still be under reporting it. The published open data file includes the figures for 2023-24.