Council Housing: Waiting Lists

Hugh Bayley
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average waiting time was for social housing rented properties with (a) one bedroom (b) two bedrooms, (c) three bedrooms and (d) four or more bedrooms for households on the housing waiting list in each local authority area in England in the last period for which figures are available.

Mr. Iain Wright
The information on average waiting time on a housing list for households is not held centrally.

Hugh Bayley
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of the households on the housing waiting list in each local authority area in England at the start of 2006-07 were housed in social rented housing by the end of that year.

Mr. Iain Wright
The information on number of households on the waiting list which are subsequently housed in social rented housing is not held centrally.

For information, although not related to households on waiting lists who were subsequently housed in social rented housing, the numbers of households on the waiting list for social housing by local authority, as at 1 April each year, is published on the Communities and Local Government website in Table 600. The link for this table is as follows:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/embedded_object.asp?id=1163853