Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-02-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of licences issued for houses of multiple occupation in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Brandon Lewis
The numbers of licences issued for houses in multiple occupation during the relevant period were:
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2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
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Coventry |
233 |
216 |
282 |
357 |
|
|
West Midlands |
1,426 |
2,997 |
3,284 |
3,562 |
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|
England |
34,464 |
36,256 |
27,182 |
38,530 |
The Department only began collecting this data in 2011 and collects data in respect of England.
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data
