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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many council-owned homes have a single occupant. [HL4922]
It is estimated that there are 1,651,000 one-person social-sector households. Reliable estimates for council-owned homes are not available. This estimate is based on data from the 2007-08 Survey of English Housing.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many council-owned homes with a single occupant have (a) one bedroom, (b) two bedrooms, (c) three bedrooms, and (d) more than three bedrooms. [HL4923]
The table below provides estimates of the number of one-person social sector households with one, two, three and four or more bedrooms. Reliable estimates for council owned homes are not available. These estimates are based on data from the 2007-08 Survey of English Housing.
Social sector households Number of bedrooms Number of people in household 1 2 3 4 or more Total thousands of households One 962 443 231 15 1,651
Source: Communities and Local Government, Survey of English Housing