To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes have been built by (a) social landlords and (b) local authorities for owner occupation in each (i) district, (ii) county and (iii) unitary authority area in the south-east in each year since 1990. (313050)

A table containing available information on the number of new build dwellings provided for low cost home ownership by registered social landlords in each local authority area of the south-east region since 1991 has been placed in the House Library. The information is based on the location of the dwelling. These figures are homes offered through the shared equity, shared ownership and intermediate rent schemes.

Not all affordable housing is provided by new build completions, some can be provided through acquisitions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes have been available for rent from (a) social landlords and (b) private landlords in each (i) district, (ii) county and (iii) unitary authority area in the south- east in each year since 1990. (313051)

The term ‘social landlords’ has been interpreted to mean local authorities and registered social landlords (RSLs).

Information on the stock of dwellings owned by local authorities as at 1 April each year from 1994 is supplied to Communities and Local Government by local authorities on the annual Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) returns and is published in live table 116 on the Communities and Local Government website at the following link:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/140882.xls

Reliable estimates of the number of local authority-owned dwellings in each district, county and unitary authority are not available for earlier years.

Information on the stock of dwellings owned by RSLs as at 31 March each year is supplied to the Tenants Services Authority by RSLs on the Regulatory Statistical Return (RSR) and is published annually from 1997 in live table 115 on the Communities and Local Government website at the following link:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/140879.xls

Information on the number of homes available for rent from private landlords in each district, county or unitary authority is not held centrally. However, estimates of the number of dwellings in the south-east region available for rent from local authorities, RSLs and private landlords, based on survey data, from 1991 are published in live table 109 on the Communities and Local Government website at the following link:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/table-109.xls