At PMQs today, Oliver Dowden referred to the government’s “record housebuilding”. He said something similar last week, and we fact checked that and other apparently contradictory claims from Labour here: (1/2)
data is one of two main sets of statistics that give us an idea of how many new homes are being built. It is a measure of how many homes have been created, or ‘housing supply’. It includes new build properties, as well as conversions and changes of use .
It’s correct that the number of net additional dwellings in England hit the highest point on record in 2019/20, and has been nearly as high in the subsequent two years. However, that data only goes back to the early 1990s.—the number of new homes completed in a calendar year—also supports the claim that house building is at or near record levels in recent years, with the 178,010 houses completed in 2022 the highest figure since 1989.
However, none of the different official statistics suggest that house building is currently at its lowest rate since the Second World War, as Mr Starmer appeared to claim.by the planning and development consultancy Lichfields for the industry body the Home Builders Federation.
If this is what Mr Starmer was referring to, the report is a projection of what may occur “in the coming years”—the Home Builders Federation told us the report was not more specific about the timescale—rather than what current house building figures show.
Throughout this fact check we’ve focused on house building statistics for England, as housing is a devolved matter and the available data for England is more comprehensive. Some UK-wide figures are published by the
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