Question follow-through · 20978
Flats: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of new dwellings built in (a) England and (b) London were flats in the last year for which figures are available.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of new dwellings built in (a) England and (b) London were flats in the last year for which figures are available.
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jan 2025
Answer published
Annual estimates of the proportion of building control reported new build purpose-built flats in England and London are shown in Live Table 254, which can be found on gov.uk here.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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