Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 4 June 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) social rented and (b) shared ownership houses were built in (i) rural and (ii) non-rural areas in each year since 1990; what each figure represents (A) per 1,000 population and (B) per 1,000 households; and if she will make a statement.
The numbers of additional social rent and low cost home ownership homes provided in local authorities classified as either urban or rural are shown in the following table. For 2006-07 provisional figures indicate that around 25,000 social rented homes were provided and 19,500 low cost home ownership homes. For 2007-08 we are currently estimating that 30,000 social rented homes will be provided and around 25,000 low cost home ownership. The table includes homes provided through both new build and acquisitions.
Social rent and low cost home ownership homes provided in urban and rural local authority areas( 1) : England | |||||||||
1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | |
Social rent homes provided(2) | |||||||||
Urban | 13,106 | 36,881 | 31,598 | 34,464 | 37,172 | 27,940 | 23,040 | 21,825 | 18,458 |
Rural | 4,364 | 15,620 | 14,120 | 14,927 | 16,817 | 13,463 | 11,970 | 11,547 | 10,170 |
Unknown local authority(4) | 8,235 | 4,522 | 3,223 | 2,799 | 2,960 | 1,062 | 770 | 188 | 64 |
Total | 25,705 | 57,023 | 48,941 | 52,190 | 56,949 | 42,465 | 35,780 | 33,560 | 28,692 |
Social rent homes provided per 1,000 population(3) | |||||||||
Urban | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.70 | 0.59 |
Rural | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.65 | 0.57 |
Total | 0.54 | 1.19 | 1.02 | 1.08 | 1.18 | 0.88 | 0.74 | 0.69 | 0.59 |
Social rent homes provided per 1,000 households(3) | |||||||||
Urban | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.72 | 1.45 |
Rural | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.59 | 1.39 |
Total | 1.34 | 2.96 | 2.52 | 2.68 | 2.90 | 2.15 | 1.81 | 1.68 | 1.43 |
Low cost home ownership homes provided | |||||||||
Urban | 3,256 | 6,662 | 10,877 | 11,526 | 12,588 | 10,155 | 8,245 | 6,638 | 3,712 |
Rural | 574 | 1,711 | 3,080 | 3,660 | 4,462 | 3,730 | 3,103 | 2,114 | 1,302 |
Unknown local authority | 139 | 325 | 838 | 3,014 | 531 | 156 | 141 | 0 | 12 |
Total | 3,969 | 8,698 | 14,795 | 18,200 | 17,581 | 14,041 | 11,489 | 8,752 | 5,026 |
Low cost home ownership homes provided per 1,000 population(3) | |||||||||
Urban | — | — | — | — | — | 0.33 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.12 |
Rural | — | — | — | — | — | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.07 |
Total | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.10 |
Low cost home ownership homes provided per 1,000 households(3) | |||||||||
Urban | — | — | — | — | — | 0.81 | 0.65 | 0.52 | 0.29 |
Rural | — | — | — | — | — | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.18 |
Total | 0.21 | 0.45 | 0.76 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.71 | 0.58 | 0.44 | 0.25 |
2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | |
Social rent homes provided(2) | ||||||
Urban | 17,547 | 17,739 | 15,694 | 14,295 | 13,438 | 15,309 |
Rural | 9,491 | 9,027 | 8,235 | 7,979 | 7,544 | 8,027 |
Unknown local authority(4) | 32 | 7 | 0 | 387 | 35 | 13 |
Total | 27,070 | 26,773 | 23,929 | 22,661 | 21,017 | 23,349 |
Social rent homes provided per 1,000 population(3) | ||||||
Urban | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.50 | — | 0.42 | 0.48 |
Rural | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.46 | — | 0.41 | 0.44 |
Total | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.46 |
Social rent homes provided per 1,000 households(3) | ||||||
Urban | 1.37 | 1.36 | 1.19 | — | 1.01 | 1.14 |
Rural | 1.28 | 1.21 | 1.09 | — | 0.98 | 1.03 |
Total | 1.34 | 1.30 | 1.15 | 1.08 | 1.00 | 1.10 |
Low cost home ownership homes provided | ||||||
Urban | 3,677 | 3,598 | 5,734 | 10,513 | 9,442 | 13,626 |
Rural | 1,409 | 1,682 | 2,400 | 3,606 | 4,028 | 6,211 |
Unknown local authority | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 5,086 | 5,280 | 8,134 | 14,119 | 13,470 | 19,837 |
Low cost home ownership homes provided per 1,000 population(3) | ||||||
Urban | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.43 |
Rural | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.34 |
Total | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.39 |
Low cost home ownership homes provided per 1,000 households(3) | ||||||
Urban | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.44 | 0.79 | 0.71 | 1.01 |
Rural | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.80 |
Total | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.39 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.93 |
(1) Based on the DEFRA Rural Definition (2004) (2) Includes new build and acquisitions. (3) Communities and Local Government 2003 based household and population estimates. (4) Where there are a significant number of homes provided but their exact location is unknown it is not possible to determine supply per 1,000 population or households. Source: Housing Corporation, statistical returns from local authorities |
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