§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he expects to publish the housebuilding requirement figures for each of the English regions not already released. [118767]
§ Ms Beverley HughesProposed housing provision figures have now been published by regional planning bodies for all the English regions, apart from the North West and the West Midlands which will follow later this year and in 2001 respectively. These proposals will be considered at public examinations into the draft Regional Planning Guidance. Subject to any proposed changes120W published by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, and consultation on those, final RPG will then be issued. The current target timetable for the publication of final RPG in each of these regions is as follows:
Region Target for issue of revised RPG North East Summer 2001 East Midlands Summer 2001 South West Winter 2000–01 West Midlands Autumn 2002 Yorkshire and Humberside Summer 2001 North West End 2001
§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what analysis he has made of the age profile of those people likely to inhabit the new houses he has recently announced in the South East and East of England regions. [118766]
§ Ms Beverley HughesTable 4 (page 41) of the "Projections of households in England to 2021" (ISBN 1851123261) sets out the household projections for England by age, gender and marital status. A copy of this publication is in the Library.