HC Deb 14 November 2001 vol 374 c739W
Mr. Drew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what level of social housing provision there was in each of the last 10 years. [14837]

Ms Keeble

Estimates of the stock of social housing in England in the latest 10 years for which data are available are given in the table. Social dwellings include houses and flats owned by registered social landlords and by council.

Numbers of social dwellings
Thousand
Year Social dwellings
1 April 1991 4,507
1 April 1992 4,490
1 April 1993 4,474
1 April 1994 4,445
1 April 1995 4,421
1 April 1996 4,412
1 April 1997 4,390
1 April 1998 4,358
1 April 1999 4,340
1 April 2000 4,290