Question follow-through · 37570

Housing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many dwellings there were in England in April (a) 2010 and (b) 2024; how many of those dwellings had (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five or more bedrooms; and how many of those dwellings had a gar

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Treasury
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
19 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many dwellings there were in England in April (a) 2010 and (b) 2024; how many of those dwellings had (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five or more bedrooms; and how many of those dwellings had a gar

  2. 14 Mar 2025

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  3. 19 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Please see the response to UIN 32144. The Valuation Office Agency does not usually record whether a domestic property has a garden.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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