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<p>New build dwelling starts for the United Kingdom and England for 1979 to 2016 are
shown in the table below. These cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded
only as an approximate leading indicator of overall housing supply.</p><p>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. The
most recent publication can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-supply-net-additional-dwellings-england-2015-to-2016"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-supply-net-additional-dwellings-england-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>The
Department does not hold figures for Germany, France, Ireland, or Poland.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table
1. New build dwelling starts for the United Kingdom and England</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>New
build dwelling starts</p></td><td><p>New build dwelling starts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1979</p></td><td><p>231,700</p></td><td><p>190,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1980</p></td><td><p>160,360</p></td><td><p>129,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1981</p></td><td><p>158,810</p></td><td><p>130,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1982</p></td><td><p>200,650</p></td><td><p>165,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1983</p></td><td><p>228,350</p></td><td><p>189,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1984</p></td><td><p>204,930</p></td><td><p>168,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1985</p></td><td><p>206,120</p></td><td><p>169,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1986</p></td><td><p>218,380</p></td><td><p>181,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987</p></td><td><p>234,760</p></td><td><p>196,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1988</p></td><td><p>259,560</p></td><td><p>217,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>208,100</p></td><td><p>165,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1990</p></td><td><p>171,633</p></td><td><p>133,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991</p></td><td><p>170,687</p></td><td><p>133,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992</p></td><td><p>164,147</p></td><td><p>129,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1993</p></td><td><p>193,383</p></td><td><p>151,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>210,993</p></td><td><p>165,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>178,387</p></td><td><p>136,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996</p></td><td><p>185,827</p></td><td><p>144,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>200,813</p></td><td><p>157,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998</p></td><td><p>187,920</p></td><td><p>149,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>191,124</p></td><td><p>148,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>186,182</p></td><td><p>142,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>192,063</p></td><td><p>146,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>194,369</p></td><td><p>150,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>208,502</p></td><td><p>161,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>227,984</p></td><td><p>176,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>224,445</p></td><td><p>173,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>223,953</p></td><td><p>170,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>234,353</p></td><td><p>183,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>141,772</p></td><td><p>106,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>114,274</p></td><td><p>85,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>139,234</p></td><td><p>110,660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>138,438</p></td><td><p>113,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>125,345</p></td><td><p>101,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>149,937</p></td><td><p>124,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>169,907</p></td><td><p>140,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>177,281</p></td><td><p>146,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>153,560</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Sources:</p><ol><li><p>United Kingdom and England (Department for Communities
and Local Government, Welsh Assembly Government, Scottish Government, Department of
Finance (Northern Ireland), District Council Building Control (Northern Ireland).
Released 25 May 2017. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p></li></ol>
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