§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in(a) private 663W regulated tenancies and (b) private deregulated tenancies there were in each English region in each year since 1996. [91690]
§ Mr. McNultyI have been asked to reply.
The private rented sector is now only some 10 per cent. of the whole housing market, and regulated tenancies have become only a small part of the private rented sector. This means that even though the Survey of English Housing is a large survey, the sample of regulated private tenancies is not large enough to allow reliable figures to be produced for individual regions and for individual years. Tabled is the estimated annual average number of regulated and deregulated tenancies for the period 1998–99 to 2001–02 for London, and for broad regional groupings. Annual estimates of regulated and deregulated tenancies in England are also shown from 1996–97 to 2001–02. There is no reason to expect that the trends in individual regions have been significantly different from those for England as a whole.
Regulated and deregulated1 private tenancies Thousands Regulated Deregulated Regional grouping: annual average (1998–99 to 2001–02) North2 39 402 Midlands3 22 222 South4except London 50 546 London 34 330 England 145 1,499 England: annual series 1996–97 242 1,406 1997–98 205 1,486 1998–99 189 1,477 1999–2000 154 1,517 2001–01 122 1,434 2001–02 120 1,511 1Assured and assured short hold tenancies. 2North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber. 3East Midlands, West Midlands. 4East, South East, South West. Source:
Survey of English Housing, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.