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Social Rented Housing: Hertfordshire

Volume 496: debated on Wednesday 15 July 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of (a) local authority and (b) housing association homes in (i) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (ii) Dacorum and (iii) Hertfordshire met the Decent Homes standard in each of the last five years. (285897)

The proportion of dwellings that met the Decent Homes standard in each of the last five years are listed in the following table. Data for Hemel Hempstead are not available as the constituency crosses several administrative boundaries.

Proportion of decent dwellings

Percentage

Local authority

Registered social landlord

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Dacorum

96.7

97.1

97.3

95.9

99.20

n/a

87.6

83.7

91

91.2

Hertfordshire

84.2

83.7

83.4

80.4

83.9

n/a

87.6

87.5

90.6

88.9

Source:

Annual returns, from all LAs that retain social housing stock, to Communities and Local Government and annual return from Registered social landlords.