Housing
(asked on 5th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the net change in the number of housing units in England in each of the last 30 years.
This information is publicly available.
Figures show annual housing supply in England amounted to 217,350 net additional dwellings in 2016-17, up 15 per cent on 2015-16 and the highest level since 2007-08.
Annual estimates of net additions, on a consistent financial year basis, are available back to 1991-92 and are published in the statistical release (Table 1), to be found (attached) at:
Prior to 1991-92 estimates of housing supply were calculated as changes in annually-produced housing stock figures, published in LiveTable 104, to be found (attached) at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants
To facilitate access to this information, estimates of net additional dwellings in England since 1987 have been compiled in the table below.
Table 1. Annual housing supply; net additional dwellings, England: 1987 to 2016-17
Reference Period | Reference Date | Net additional dwellings |
Calendar year | 1987 | 254,000 |
Calendar year | 1988 | 206,000 |
Calendar year | 1989 | 185,000 |
Calendar year | 1990 | 166,000 |
Financial year | 1991-92 | 165,000 |
Financial year | 1992-93 | 151,000 |
Financial year | 1993-94 | 152,000 |
Financial year | 1994-95 | 166,000 |
Financial year | 1995-96 | 163,000 |
Financial year | 1996-97 | 154,000 |
Financial year | 1997-98 | 156,000 |
Financial year | 1998-99 | 149,000 |
Financial year | 1999-00 | 148,000 |
Financial year | 2000-01 | 132,000 |
Financial year | 2001-02 | 146,700 |
Financial year | 2002-03 | 159,870 |
Financial year | 2003-04 | 170,970 |
Financial year | 2004-05 | 185,550 |
Financial year | 2005-06 | 202,650 |
Financial year | 2006-07 | 214,940 |
Financial year | 2007-08 | 223,530 |
Financial year | 2008-09 | 182,770 |
Financial year | 2009-10 | 144,870 |
Financial year | 2010-11 | 137,390 |
Financial year | 2011-12 | 134,900 |
Financial year | 2012-13 | 124,720 |
Financial year | 2013-14 | 136,610 |
Financial year | 2014-15 | 170,690 |
Financial year | 2015-16 | 189,650 |
Financial year | 2016-17 | 217,350 |