Housing: Overcrowding

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 14 June 2019.

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Photo of Chuka Umunna Chuka Umunna Liberal Democrat, Streatham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people are living in illegally overcrowded housing in (a) the UK and (b) the London Borough of Lambeth.

Photo of Heather Wheeler Heather Wheeler Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Housing Act 1985 provides a statutory overcrowding standard, breach of which is a criminal offence. Official statistics on the number of households that are statutorily overcrowded are not routinely collected. According to the Department's English Housing Survey, in 2017-18, there were approximately 746,000 households living in overcrowded accommodation in England. This equates to 3 per cent of households. The Department does not hold information on the prevalence of overcrowding in the London Borough of Lambeth

Ref: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/774820/2017-18_EHS_Headline_Report.pdf .

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