Question follow-through · 47256
Housing: Green Belt
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of dwellings were built on land designated as previously undeveloped Green Belt in England in each year since 1997 for which figures are held.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 1 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of dwellings were built on land designated as previously undeveloped Green Belt in England in each year since 1997 for which figures are held.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 May 2025
Answer published
The Department publishes a statistical release entitled ‘Land use change statistics – new residential addresses’, which includes information on the proportion of dwellings built on land designated as previously undeveloped Green Belt in England. The live ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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