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Social Rented Housing

Question for Department for Communities and Local Government

UIN HL3523, tabled on 23 November 2017

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many social housing units, whether owned by local authorities or by other providers, have been (1) demolished, and (2) sold; and of those, how many have been replaced by new units.

Answered on

7 December 2017

Figures for social housing demolished (Social housing refers to Social Rent, Affordable Rent and Intermediate Affordable Rent).

Demolitions

Local Authority

Private Registered Providers

2010/11

3,508

4,584

2011/12

3,884

3,989

2012/13

4,082

4,672

2013/14

4,361

5,061

2014/15

3,042

2,786

2015/16

3,623

2,923

Source: DCLG Local Authority Housing Statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data, HCA Statistical Data Return https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-data-return-statistical-releases

Figures for social housing sold (Social housing refers to Social Rent, Affordable Rent and Intermediate Affordable Rent).

Social Housing Sales

Local Authority

Private Registered Providers

2010-11

3,112

5,319

2011-12

3,108

4,953

2012-13

6,743

6,533

2013-14

11,740

8,904

2014-15

12,489

7,965

2015-16

12,557

9,435

Source: DCLG Live table 678 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales

Data on direct replacement of social housing sales is only collected as part of the Right to Buy 141 replacement policy and not for other sales or demolitions. The following table on stock shows the annual net change in social rented dwellings which combines the total loses from sales and demolitions with new supply. Since 2010 the overall stock of social housing (social rent, affordable rent and intermediate affordable rent) has increased by 76,000.

Dwelling stock: by tenure

Rented from Private Registered Providers

Rented from Local Authorities

Total

2010

2,180,000

1,786,000

3,966,000

2011

2,255,000

1,726,000

3,981,000

2012

2,304,000

1,693,000

3,997,000

2013

2,331,000

1,682,000

4,013,000

2014

2,343,000

1,669,000

4,012,000

2015

2,387,000

1,643,000

4,030,000

2016

2,430,000

1,612,000

4,042,000

Source: DCLG Live table 104

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants