Information on local authority waiting lists is collected in respect of households rather than individuals. Where local authorities and registered social landlords operate a common register, households registered with the RSL will be included in the data. However, registered social landlords are independent bodies and can keep their own waiting lists.
In 2007, the number of households on the local authority housing waiting list in Chorley was 1,897, the rest of the North West region was 212,597 and in England was 1,674,421.
Information on the number of households on local authorities' waiting lists broken down by Government office region and local authority for 1997 to 2007 is published on the Communities and Local Government website in Table 600 at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/144458.xls
Copies of this table have been deposited in the Library.
Average rent information is available for local authority housing and registered social landlord housing separately and is provided in table 1 and table 2 as follows. Figures for the RSL sector are based on data collected by the Housing Corporation.
£ per week Region One bed Two bed Three bed Four bed North East 42.00 47.51 51.78 55.44 North West 45.39 51.41 56.26 61.36 Yorkshire and the Humber 43.64 48.04 51.81 55.11 East Midlands 46.56 51.30 54.47 57.78 West Midlands 47.08 52.65 59.07 64.71 East 52.48 60.52 67.69 75.64 London 63.48 72.86 83.18 94.92 South East 55.79 64.26 72.86 78.24 South West 46.86 52.95 60.73 68.10 England 51.34 57.73 63.02 74.57 Source: CLG Second Subsidy Claims Form (unaudited).
£ per week Region One bed Two bed Three bed Four bed North East 50.32 55.61 59.22 62.56 North West 51.66 58.01 62.49 68.71 Yorkshire and the Humber 47.68 54.58 58.89 70.16 East Midlands 53.78 61.66 64.51 71.77 West Midlands 53.88 60.19 64.09 73.53 East 58.24 67.59 74.64 83.68 London 70.61 81.11 91.97 102.35 South East 64.75 76.09 85.08 93.95 South West 56.75 65.66 72.18 79.73 England 58.36 65.97 71.16 82.69 Notes: 1. Figures as at 31 March 2007. 2. General needs properties only. Refers to information collected on the long form (in general this is for RSLs with stock of over 1,000 properties). Source: Housing Corporation’s Regulatory Statistical Return (RSR).