Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new housing completions have occurred since 2010; and what is the estimated increase in the UK's population during that period.
Over 893,000 additional homes have been delivered in England since April 2010.Full information including a breakdown by new build, conversion, change of use and other changes is available (attached) at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing
Figures show an estimated increase of 2.1438 million in the population of England between mid-2010 and mid-2015. Full information, including historical population estimates for the UK and England, is published by the Office for National Statistics, and available (attached) at the following link:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates