Social Rented Housing: Standards

Bob Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many boilers have been replaced under the Decent Homes programme in each of the last three years. (279041)

We do not collect data on the number of boilers installed in council homes. However, the statistical return that local authorities complete at the end of each financial year does include data on the number of dwellings that have had new central heating systems installed.

*Number of local authority dwellings receiving new central heating systems by year*
	Number
2005-06	139,494
2006-07	135,477
2007-08	113,520
Total	388,491
Source: Data from the Business Plan Statistical Appendix

The Department does not collect data on insulation works by registered social landlords.

Volume 494: debated on Wednesday 17 June 2009