Written questions

Housing: Immigration

Commons · Question 51190 · Tabled 9 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 19 May 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of new housing demand that is attributable to net migration since 2010.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 19 May 2025

The government does not routinely publish assessments of the factors that influence housing demand. Boosting the supply of homes of all tenures must be at the heart of any strategy to meet housing demand which is why the government’s Plan for Change inclu...