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Council Housing: East Sussex

Volume 463: debated on Tuesday 24 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many units of council housing there are in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex. (151426)

Eastbourne local authority reported a stock of 3,825 council dwellings as at 1 April 2006 the latest date available. East Sussex local authorities—Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother and Wealden—reported a stock of 10,380 council dwellings as at 1 April 2006.

Source:

Local authority returns (Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix).

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many dwellings were (a) constructed for private sale, (b) built by housing associations and (c) built by local authorities in (i) Eastbourne and (ii) East Sussex in each of the last 10 years. (151435)

Figures for the number of private dwelling completions as reported by Eastbourne and East Sussex local authorities are presented in the tables:

Private new build completions, 1997-98 to 2006-07

Eastbourne

East Sussex (including Eastbourne)

1997-98

73

512

1998-99

132

1,215

1999-2000

328

1,114

2000-01

377

1,126

2001-02

451

1,102

2002-03

431

1,177

2003-04

540

1,057

2004-05

437

1,170

2005-06

426

1,053

2006-07

255

1,250

Source: P2 new build return to CLG from local authorities and the national House Building Council. Figures for 1997-98 to 2000-01 are missing some monthly returns from local authorities.

Figures for 1997-98 to 2000-01 are missing some monthly returns from local authorities Figures for the number of new build affordable dwellings as reported by the Housing Corporation are presented below. These affordable figures include social rent and intermediate housing e.g. low cost home ownership

Affordable new build dwellings, 1997-98 to 2006-07

Eastbourne

East Sussex (including Eastbourne)

1997-98

138

432

1998-99

106

334

1999-2000

3

59

2000-01

47

169

2001-02

32

141

2002-03

27

127

2003-04

39

226

2004-05

64

2005-06

42

100

2006-07

n/a

n/a

n/a = not available Source: Housing Corporation and local authority returns.

No reported local authority dwellings have been built in the last 10 years in Eastbourne and East Sussex.