Question follow-through · 54699
Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of (a) the adequacy of social housing provision and (b) the length of the waiting lists to access social housing.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of (a) the adequacy of social housing provision and (b) the length of the waiting lists to access social housing.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2025
Answer published
With over 1.3 million people on social housing registers, the government is clear that there is a chronic shortage of social housing in England. That is why we are committed to the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding for a generation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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2 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of housing developers that deliver less affordable housing than initially promised when awarded contracts.
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Rents
22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to (a) minimise rent increases and (b) increase affordable renting provisions.
Productivity and Wealth: Equality
1 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to help reduce (a) wealth and (b) productivity inequalities in England.
Homelessness: Children
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to reduce child homelessness.