Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 15 June 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of social homes which are under-occupied in (a) each local authority area, (b) each region and (c) England.
It is estimated that 423,000 households were under-occupied in the social rented sector in England in 2009-10. This estimate is a three year average based on data from the Survey of English Housing (2007-08) and the English Housing Survey (2008-09 and 2009-10). Households are said to be under-occupied if they have at least two bedrooms more than they need as measured by the bedroom standard.
Regional estimates for 2009-10 are due to be published on
It is not possible to provide estimates at local authority level as sample sizes are too small.
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