To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what receipts her Department and its predecessors received from (a) Social Homebuy, (b) Right to Buy and (c) Right to Acquire sales in each year since 1997; and what percentage of each annual receipt was used to provide more social lettings. (274850)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1118W. Prior to 1 April 2004, receipts arising from the disposal of dwellings under right to buy (RTB) were retained by the local authorities, although authorities with debt set aside 75 per cent. of that receipt to repay their housing debt.

Social homebuy sales have only been made since February 2007. Receipts arising from right to acquire (RTA) sales and social homebuy sales by housing associations are retained by registered social landlords (RSLs) and are reinvested in the provision of affordable housing. Local authorities are allowed to retain all social homebuy sales receipts, provided these are used for the purposes set out in statutory instrument 2006/521.

The following table shows for each financial year since 2004-05 the total housing receipts received by the Department. Data on RTB and local authority social homebuy receipts received by the Department are not collected separately, but most of these arise from RTB sales. The table also shows the amount of those receipts received by the Department which were then passed on to the Exchequer.

The following table shows the amount invested by central Government in housing capital projects. It also shows how much of that was expenditure through the Home and Communities Agency’s Affordable Housing Programme on new build and acquisitions on both social rent and low cost home ownership schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) new-build and (b) existing private sector homes were purchased for social rent by (i) local authorities and (ii) registered social landlords in each year since 1997. (274854)

The following table shows the number of homes purchased for social rent by registered social landlords or through private finance initiative in England, from 1997-98.

CLG do not have complete figures on the number of acquisitions by local authorities or categorised according to whether they were new build homes or existing private sector homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will estimate the levels of supply and demand for social homes of three or more bedrooms. (275815)

Communities and Local Government have commissioned a team from Heriot-Watt university, led by Professor Glen Bramley, to develop a model that is capable of estimating the number of households with an unmet need for social or affordable housing, or other housing related support. The contract was awarded in August 2008 and developing the model is expected to take around 12 months.

The new research will expand the evidence base on housing need, going beyond the estimates used by Kate Barker in her 2004 Review of Housing Supply to allow greater disaggregation of housing need by household type and region, as well as taking more account of the behavioural relationships that underpin household formation and tenure choice decisions.

In recognition of the need for more family sized homes, for the 2008-11 Affordable Housing Programme (AHP) we set the Homes and Communities Agency, a new target to increase the national percentage of larger homes of three bedrooms or more provided through the AHP from 25 per cent. to 30 per cent. in 2008-09, rising to 33 per cent. in 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 8 May 2009, Official Report, column 450W, on housing: low incomes, how many completed new build homes each percentage figure in the table represents. (277344)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 198-200W.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many affordable homes have been built in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester in each year since 2001. (277528)

The information in the following table has been supplied to the Department by local authorities and shows the number of affordable homes that have been built in (a) Stockport, (b) in the nine other authorities in Greater Manchester and (c) the combined total for Greater Manchester for each year since 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will take steps to enable local authorities with retained housing stock to increase the supply of social housing: and if she will make a statement. (277532)

We already expect and encourage local authorities to use their planning powers to help increase the supply of social housing. We announced in the Budget £100 million of new funding for local authorities to deliver new social housing at higher energy efficiency standards. In addition we have just concluded consultation on allowing local authorities to apply for any new council houses they build (or acquire or otherwise bring back into use) to be held outside the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Subsidy system. This will enable them to keep the rental income and sale receipts of any such properties, which, to date, has proved a disincentive to build.

While authorities without stock will be free to apply for both grant and exclusions from the HRA Subsidy system, we expect that it will be authorities with retained stock that will have the capacity to take advantage of the opportunity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations have exchange schemes for social housing tenants who wish to move to a different area. (277701)

The Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix collects information from local authorities on dwellings let through mutual exchanges. However, there is no direct question that identifies how many local authorities have exchange schemes for their tenants. As this information is not routinely gathered, to assemble these data would represent a disproportionate cost to the Department.

The Continuous REcording System (CORE) collects information from local authorities and registered social landlords but mutual exchange schemes fall outside the scope of this. As this information is not routinely gathered, to assemble these data would represent a disproportionate cost to the Department.