To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many registered social landlords there were in 2009; and how many properties were owned by them. (316809)

On 31 March 2009 there were 1,830 landlords registered with the Tenant Services Authority and they owned a total of 2,379,728 units of housing.

A unit of housing is a single family home; a bedsit, flat, family house or a bedspace¹ in a hostel.

¹ Individuals placed in a hostel will occupy a bedspace in either a private room or a shared dormitory.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what research his Department has conducted into the income of households in the social rented sector. (316818)

The Survey of English Housing (SEH) has been the Department's main source of information on income by housing tenure up to 2007-08. From 2008-09 estimates will be mainly derived from the new English Housing Survey (EHS). An additional source is DWP’s Family Resources Survey (FRS).

The most recently published annual report, Housing in England 2007-08, contains tables derived from both the SEH and the FRS. The report can be accessed at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/statistics/pdf/1346249.pdf