Housing, Planning and Local Services
The Housing, Planning and Local Services theme includes statistics on current housing (e.g. house building, housing stock, housing by different tenure types, house prices, housing conditions), household estimates and projections, homelessness, housing requirements and commercial, industrial, retail and residential planning. The theme also covers information on local services such as fire and rescue services.
Recent activity includes:
Publishing our compliance checks of Wales Homelessness Statistics and Scotland Homelessness Statistics.
Publishing our report on the public value of statistics on housing and planning in the UK, our public follow up response, our welcoming the publication of a collaborative work programme for these statistics, and most recently our blog on improving the value of Housing and Planning statistics in the UK.
Confirming National Statistics designation of Statistics from the Welsh Housing Conditions Survey, the UK House Price Index Statistics, and the Northern Ireland House Price Index Statistics.
Following up on our Assessments of Statistics on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping in England and Statistics on Traveller Caravans.
Conducting a compliance check of Statistics on Housing in England, and confirming a forthcoming compliance check of Statistics on Household Projections in England.
Correspondence on: Rough sleeping statistics in England, Statistics on Housing in England, and Estimates of Leasehold Dwellings in England.
Contact: Gemma Keane
Correspondence
John Healey MP to Sir David Norgrove regarding rough sleeping statistics
26 February 2020
Rt Hon John Healey MP, House of Commons to Sir David Norgrove, UK Statistics Authority
Use of statistics on impact of Rough Sleeping Initiative
18 April 2019
Sir David Norgrove, UK Statistics Authority to The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Response on Rough Sleeping Statistics in England
25 March 2019
Sir David Norgrove, UK Statistics Authority to Rt Hon John Healey MP, House of Commons
Response regarding house price statements
14 May 2018
Sir David Norgrove, UK Statistics Authority to Tom Brake MP, House of Commons
Publications
Homes England – Housing Statistics
24 July 2020
Published in: Breach Report
Northern Ireland House Condition Survey 2016 main report
5 June 2018
Published in: Breach Report
Land and Property Titles by Country of Ownership, as at 31 December 2017
13 March 2018
Published in: Breach Report
Non-domestic rating: stock of properties and update of 2017 revaluation statistics
7 March 2018
Published in: Breach Report
News & Events
UK Statistics Authority statement on Homelessness Statistics
9 December 2019