Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 83202
Housing: Construction
Tabled: 17 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025
Question
Edward Morello
Liberal Democrat — West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department's housing targets are per square mile in (a) Dorset, (b) West Dorset constituency and (c) England.
Answer
Matthew PennycookLocal housing need is expressed as a total number of dwellings for each local authority area. It is not broken down as a proportion of the population, nor as a proportion of available brownfield land or per square mile.