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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the demand for housing in the United Kingdom over the next 10 years compared to expected levels of supply.

The Government does not produce estimates of the demand for housing in the United Kingdom or forecasts or targets for overall house building.

Housing is a devolved matter in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each publishes projections of household growth which are published as follows:

England: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/household-projections

Scotland: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/households/projections/

Wales: http://wales.gov.uk/statistics-and-research/household-projections/?lang=en

Northern Ireland: http://www.nisra.gov.uk/demography/default.asp21.htm

Household projections provide a starting point for understanding future levels of housing demand and local authorities must take the projections into account when they plan locally.