§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many affordable978W housing units there were; and what was the proportion occupied in rural areas by (a) constituency, and (b) local authority for each year since 1990. [24895]
§ Ms KeebleInformation is not available in the form requested.
New affordable homes in rural settlements in England with a population of 3,000 or less are funded by the Housing Corporation and by local authorities, or through the planning system without public subsidy.
From 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992 and each of the following years up to and including 1 April to 30 November 2001 the following affordable homes in rural settlements in England with a population of 3,000 or less were completed and funded, by the Housing Corporation's Approved Development Programme and Local Authority Social Housing Grant
Year Total 1991–92 803 1992–93 2,268 1993–94 1,567 1994–95 1,341 1995–96 1,811 1996–97 1,678 1997–98 2,020 1998–99 1,792 1999–2000 1,533 2000–01 1,278 2001–02 463 The number of affordable housing units completed through the planning system is not collected centrally. I will write to the hon. Member with a breakdown by local authority of the affordable housing completions shown above.