To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of households in the (a) local authority and (b) registered social landlord sector have held a tenancy for more than (i) three and (ii) five years. (270622)

Based on the 2007-08 Survey of English Housing it is estimated that:

(i) about 3 million social tenants (74 per cent. of the sector) had been in their current home for more than three years;

(ii) about 2.5 million social tenants (62 per cent. of the sector) had occupied their current home for at least five years.

Reliable separate estimates for local authority tenants and registered social landlord tenants are not available.