To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the cost to (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords of building housing for rent; and what estimate she has made of the cost of borrowing to finance such building in each case. (234323)

Through the Housing Corporation's affordable housing programme for 2007-08 the average total scheme cost was £150,200 for a social rented unit of which £59,700 was social housing grant. The remainder of the total cost is generally covered by borrowing or through registered social landlords' own resources. We have made no estimates on the costs of borrowing to finance the building of these homes.

We hold no central records on costs of building social rented homes by local authorities or on estimates of borrowing costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new build homes were constructed by arm's length management organisations in each year since 2001. (234927)

Records are held of local authority new build homes but not those built by their arms length management organisations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new build homes were constructed by registered social landlords in each year since 1997. (234928)

The following table shows the number of new affordable homes built in England by registered social landlords (RSLs) for each year since 1997-98. The figures include social rent and intermediate affordable new build homes; they exclude acquisitions.

Not all RSL housing is provided by new build completions as some supply can come from acquisitions. In 2006-07, an additional 5,500 RSL homes in England were provided by acquisitions which are not included in the aforementioned figure.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new build homes constructed by registered social landlords were made available for rental by social tenants in each year since 1997. (234929)

The following table shows the number of new social rented homes built in England by registered social landlords (RSLs) each year since 1997-98. The figures exclude acquisitions.

Not all RSL social rented housing is provided by new build completions as some supply can come from acquisitions. In 2006-07, an additional 2,360 social rented homes in England were provided by RSL acquisitions which are not included in the aforementioned figure.