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Comment rdfs:comment http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment

Total number of housing starts (seasonally adjusted) xsd:string

Date Issued dcterms:issued http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued

August 04, 2013 14:57 xsd:dateTime

Date Modified dcterms:modified http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified

February 24, 2015 18:49 xsd:dateTime

Description dcterms:description http://purl.org/dc/terms/description

#### How the figure is calculated: Total housing starts are reported by local authority and private building control organisations after the end of each quarter. A start is counted from the point at which foundation work begins. The figures are seasonally adjusted to allow comparisons with previous quarters. #### Why is this indicator in the business plan? Increasing the supply of housing is a key part of DCLG policy. The house building figures are the most frequent and timely indicator of housing delivery. #### How often is it updated? Quarterly ####Where does the data come from? P2 quarterly house building returns by local authority building control departments; monthly information from the National House Building Council (NHBC) on the volume of building control inspections; and a quarterly survey of private building control companies. Published figures are at [https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government/series/house-building-statistics](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government/series/house-building-statistics). #### What area does the headline figure cover? England #### Are further breakdowns of the data available? Yes, can be split by local authority area and by tenure #### What does a change in this indicator show? An increase in this indicator is good and shows more new houses are being started. #### Time Lag Figures are published within two months of the end of the reporting period. #### Next available update May 2015. #### Type of Data National Statistics. #### Robustness and data limitations The P2 figures from local authorities and figures from private building control companies include imputation for a small number of missing returns. Seasonal factors for the house building time series are re-calculated annually back to 2000. This is usually done in the second quarter of the calendar year. Therefore the seasonally adjusted house building figures throughout the whole period change slightly at that time but are not marked as 'revised'. #### Links to Further Information [https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government/series/house-building-statistics](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government/series/house-building-statistics) #### Contact Details [CorporatePerformance@communities.gsi.gov.uk](mailto:CorporatePerformance@communities.gsi.gov.uk) xsd:string

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Impact indicator: housing starts xsd:string

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http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/

Publisher dcterms:publisher http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government http://reference.data.gov.uk/id/department/dclg

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http://docs.publishmydata.com

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Impact indicator: housing starts xsd:string

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