Question follow-through · 99167
Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assumptions on (a) longevity, (b) net immigration, (c) average size of household, (d) birth rate and (e) other factors underpin his Department's assessment of future demand
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assumptions on (a) longevity, (b) net immigration, (c) average size of household, (d) birth rate and (e) other factors underpin his Department's assessment of future demand
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
Answer published
I refer the Rt Hon. member to the answer given to Question UIN 51190 on 19 May 2025.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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