HL Deb 09 December 1997 vol 584 cc25-6WA
Lord Hampton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many households were expected to form between 1991 and 1996, in the latest household projections in each county; and how many dwellings have been built in the same period.

Baroness Hayman

The information requested is provided below. The total number of new dwellings built, by county, covers the period from July 1991 to June 1996, as household projections are estimated and projected at mid-year.

It is not appropriate to make a direct comparison between the number of dwellings built between 1991 and 1996 and the projected number of households forming over that period, for two reasons. Firstly, the household projections are not an estimate of the number of additional houses which have to be built in any period. Rather, they represent one of the factors to be taken into account by local planning authorities when arriving at figures for housing provision to be included in regional guidance and development plans. Secondly, the housebuilding figures do not include other sources of new dwellings such as conversions. Furthermore, the 1992-based household projections were not published until March 1995 and most county structure plans prepared since 1991 have used earlier household projections as the basis for planning housing provision.

Housebuilding 1991–96 thousands Household projections, increase in households 1991–96 (1992–based) thousands
Cleveland 8.1 7
Durham 7.8 8
Northumberland 4.7 5
Tyne and Wear 13.0 17
Cheshire 15.7 20
Cumbria 7.4 8
Greater Manchester 36.0 35
Lancashire 20.3 22
Merseyside 20.0 14
Humberside 16.0 17
North Yorkshire 14.2 16
South Yorkshire 14.4 18
West Yorkshire 27.0 38
Derbyshire 17.0 19
Leicestershire 15.4 23
Lincolnshire 16.3 17
Northamptonshire 14.3 14
Nottinghamshire 14.9 21
Hereford and Worcester 15.6 18
Shropshire 9.9 10
Staffordshire 17.3 18
Warwickshire 8.8 10
West Midlands 26.0 29
Bedfordshire 11.2 14
Cambridgeshire 15.1 25
Essex 29.4 34
Hertfordshire 17.8 22
Norfolk 19.7 19
Suffolk 13.6 12
Greater London 75.5 144
Berkshire 11.5 24
Buckinghamshire 18.8 23
East Sussex 10.9 13
Hampshire 26.4 36
Isle of Wight 1.9 1
Kent 20.2 27
Oxfordshire 12.9 16
Surrey 14.4 17
West Sussex 12.9 14
Avon 13.9 22
Cornwall 6.4 11
Devon 16.7 23
Dorset 13.0 16
Gloucestershire 10.8 13
Somerset 6.8 12
Wiltshire 13.8 18
England 753.5 962