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Housing: Low Incomes

Volume 472: debated on Tuesday 26 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much social housing stock there was in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England in each year since 1979; and what percentage of overall housing stock was social housing in each area in each year. (186998)

The figures requested are tabulated as follows and present the numbers of social rent dwellings that are owned or managed by local authorities and registered social landlords (RSLs).

Levels of social rented stock (local authority plus registered social landlords) and as percentage of total stock, Cornwall, South West and England

1981

1986

1991

1996

2001

2006

Cornwall

Social rent dwellings

30,166

27,893

25,778

26,680

27,062

26,977

Percentage of total stock

17

15

13

12

12

11

South West

Social rent dwellings

371,552

339,159

308,990

311,638

301,965

300,564

Percentage of total stock

22

19

16

15

14

13

England

Social rent dwellings

5,139,638

4,903,720

4,514,396

4,452,228

4,236,312

3,991,850

Percentage of total stock

29

26

23

22

20

17

Note:

Cornwall is defined as the district areas of Caradon, Carrich, Kerrier, North Cornwall, Penwith, Restormel and the Isles of Scilly.

Source:

Includes local authority stock from the Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix as reported by local authorities, and Registered Social Landlords stock from the regulatory statistical return as reported by Registered Social Landlords

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much was spent on the provision of affordable housing in settlements of 10,000 or more in each year since 1997; (188588)

(2) how much money was spent on the provision of affordable housing in settlements of fewer than 10,000 people in each year since 1997.

Information on expenditure through the Housing Corporation’s Affordable Housing Programme is currently held by the Corporation at local authority level and therefore it is not possible to provide a breakdown of spend in all settlements with a population below or above 10,000. However, we expect this position to change in future years through the greater use of map technology.