The requested statistics are not held.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4956", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Taylor of Stevenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-09-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-09-16T14:23:43.547Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-09-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Housing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, what is the average price per square metre for housing by local authority.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/5019", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Jamieson"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Jamieson"} ], "uin" : "HL630"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1726043", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1726043/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Ministry publishes an annual release entitled \u2018Dwelling Stock Estimates, England\u2019, with estimates of the number of dwellings in each local authority, as at 31 March in each year since 2001, shown in Live Table 125 at the following link.<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants<\/a><\/p> The statistics use the Census as a baseline and apply annual net changes to the dwelling stock as measured by the related Housing supply: net additional dwellings statistics (which is collected for each local authority district, resulting in complete coverage for England).<\/p> The Ministry does not collect or hold dwelling stock estimates for those Local Planning Authorities that are National Parks or development corporations.<\/p> The Office for National Statistics hold and publish data on population and area in various administrative geographies at the following links.<\/p> https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates<\/a><\/p> https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/<\/a><\/p>"}
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