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Housing: Low Incomes

Volume 496: debated on Wednesday 15 July 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 135W, on housing: low incomes, what the average amount of grant paid for (a) intermediate affordable housing and (b) housing for social rent in each region was in each of the last five years. (282584)

The average amount of grant per unit paid through the Homes and Communities Agency’s Affordable Housing programme by region for social rent and intermediate affordable housing in each year 2005-06 to 2008-09 is as follows:

Social rent—average grant per unit

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

East Midlands

37,879

38,792

38,736

39,939

East of England

41,623

35,108

29,376

42,328

London

80,979

83,821

94,957

97,715

North East

53,301

45,189

59,354

46,067

North West

58,916

51,159

50,277

53,179

South East

52,325

55,190

49,973

53,444

South West

40,992

33,376

42,304

40,004

West Midlands

52,615

43,245

43,381

46,260

York and Humber

38,495

45,667

41,176

44,711

National

55,353

55,796

57,289

57,306

Intermediate housing—average grant per unit

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

East Midlands

18,846

17,626

16,417

19,006

East of England

27,631

19,427

13,849

26,369

London

46,187

41,951

41,421

44,749

North East

10,097

20,650

18,240

22,590

North West

27,996

26,921

24,937

28,226

South East

27,644

24,084

19,999

25,414

South West

18,255

15,001

16,041

21,463

West Midlands

23,095

20,228

15,556

23,581

York and Humber

15,347

17,817

21,051

27,830

National

31,795

28,927

25,524

30,313

Source:

Homes and Communities Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many of the 20,000 additional energy efficient affordable homes referred to on page 38 of the Building Britain’s Future publication are planned to be for (a) social rent and (b) low cost home ownership. (283618)

The Government estimate that around 13,250 of the 20,000 additional energy-efficient affordable homes will referred to in Building Britain’s Future will be for social rent, and around 6,750 for low cost home ownership.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many properties had been sold under the HomeBuy Direct Scheme in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point at the latest date for which figures are available. (285478)

Provisional figures for the end of June 2009 show there were over 20 HomeBuy Direct sales completed in the Eastern region. We do not currently have statistically valid data for Essex or Castle Point.