Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 7 May 2009.
Grant Shapps
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning), Co-Chair, Conservative Party
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average length of tenure for a tenant of a house in the (a) registered social landlord and (b) local authority sector was in each year since 1997.
Iain Wright
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)
Estimates of the average length of residence of tenants at their current address in (a) the registered social landlord sector and (b) the local authority sector for each year from 1997-98 to 2006-07 are provided in the table. These estimates are based on data from the Survey of English Housing.
| Average length of residence at current address, social sector tenants, England, 1997-98 to 2006-07 | ||
| Years( 1) | ||
| Tenure | ||
| Local authority | Registered social landlord | |
| 1997-98 | 12.9 | 8.4 |
| 1998-99 | 13.0 | 8.4 |
| 1999-2000 | 13.3 | 8.0 |
| 2000-01 | 13.6 | 8.7 |
| 2001-02 | 13.3 | 9.6 |
| 2002-03 | 14.3 | 9.9 |
| 2003-04 | 13.8 | 10.2 |
| 2004-05 | 13.4 | 10.3 |
| 2005-06 | 14.3 | 10.7 |
| 2006-07 | 13.5 | 10.7 |
| (1) Years are given in decimal format, for example the 0.9 in 12.9 refers to 9/10 of a year. Source: Communities and Local Government, Survey of English Housing. | ||
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