Social Rented Housing: Overcrowding

Department for Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 14 December 2017.

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Photo of David Crausby David Crausby Labour, Bolton North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the level of home overcrowding in social rented sector.

Photo of Alok Sharma Alok Sharma Minister of State (Communities and Local Government)

Levels of overcrowding in the social rented sector are assessed using the Department's English Housing Survey and according to the 'Bedroom Standard'.

Overcrowding figures are published on Gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/658479/2015-16_Section_1_Households_Annex_Tables.xlsx (see AT 1.20)

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