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Government figures reveal that almost half of all new households will accommodate immigrants between now and 2039. The Department for Communities and Local Government’s household projections show there will be an average of 243,000 new households forming each year for the next 22 years – meaning an extra 5.3 million new homes could be needed to meet the needs of the growing population.

GETTY Nearly half of all new households between now and 2039 will be for immigrants

Net migration accounts for an estimated 45 per cent of this growth, meaning an extra 2.4 million new homes will be needed to house the UK’s booming migrant population over the next 22 years. The figures were published just days before the Government is due to release its long-awaited Housing White Paper on Tuesday, in which it is expected to spell out the Government’s plan for solving the housing shortage.

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GETTY An extra 2.4 million new homes will be needed to house the UK’s booming migrant population

The statistics were released in response to a question by Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch, who claims that even based on a conservative estimate 300 homes a day would need to be built to accommodate new arrivals.

There is a cost to migration

Speaking in the House of Lords, the peer said: “To put the point slightly more dramatically, that would mean building a new home every five minutes, night and day, for new arrivals until such a time as we can get those numbers down.

GETTY Lord Green of Deddington claimed 300 homes would need to be built a day

“I know there is a strong view in the House that there is a lot to be said for migration. “All I am pointing out is that there are also costs.” The estimates are based on official population growth projections produced in 2014, which do not therefore take account of the vote to leave the European Union, which is expected to end free movement and reduce net migration.