To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people, living in social housing and holding life-time tenancy in England are aged (a) 18 to 25, (b) 26 to 40, (c) 40 to 55 and (d) over 55 years. (134064)

Separate figures for those with lifetime tenancies are not available. Figures for the whole of the social rented sector are as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people living in social housing hold life-time tenancy in England. (134066)

The Housing Corporation estimates that at end-March 2006 about 97 per cent. of housing association tenancies were lifetime tenancies. Equivalent figures for local authorities are not available, so an estimate of the total number of lifetime tenancies in social housing cannot be provided.