Question follow-through · 36649

Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on the number of people on social housing registers.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
12 Mar 2025
Answer
17 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on the number of people on social housing registers.

  2. 12 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Local authorities report on the number of households on social housing registers in England through the Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS) collection, which is publicly available in live table 600 here.The government is working in partnership with ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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