To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average rental price for social housing in Essex was in each of the last 10 years. (111821)

Average weekly rent by local authority district and county are published for the local authority sector and the registered social landlord sector on the Communities and Local Government website in Tables 702 and Tables 704 respectively. The links for these tables are as follows and copies have been placed in the Library of the House.

Table 702: http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/266/Table702_id1156266.xls

Table 704: http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/268/Table704_id1156268.xls