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Social Rented Housing

Commons · Question 51731 · Tabled 12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 19 May 2025

Question

Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of methodological changes to the classification of certain types of accommodation between the 2011 and 2021 census

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 19 May 2025

The established methodology for official statistics on housing supply utilises the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) census to improve the quality and reliability of these statistics. The census dwelling count is subject to intensi...