Affordable Housing: Housing Starts
Commons · Question 115417 · Tabled 24 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there is a maximum period for which an affordable housing start may remain uncompleted while continuing to be treated as a valid start for statistical purposes; and if th
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 4 Mar 2026
Published statistics on new affordable housing supply in England, which can be found on gov.uk here, are broken down into starts and completions. Individual units are not tracked from start-on-site to completion. This is because the data provided directly...