§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what percentage of new build is required to be social housing for(a) rent and (b) shared ownership. [148424]
§ Yvette CooperThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not set annual targets centrally for local authorities on social housing.
Planning policies for affordable housing are set out in Planning Policy Guidance note 3, "Housing", and in Circular 6/98, "Planning for Affordable Housing". They advise that where local planning authorities are able to demonstrate a lack of affordable housing to meet local needs, based on up-to-date surveys and other data of local need, they should indicate in their local plan how many affordable homes need to be provided throughout the plan area, and set indicative targets for specific suitable sites (expressed either as numbers of homes or a percentage of the homes on the site).
§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many council houses were sold in Chorley in the last five years; and how many properties remained in local authority ownership in each of those years. [148425]
§ Yvette CooperThe figures reported by Chorley to the Office of Deputy Prime Minister and its predecessor departments are tabled as follows:
Council house sales LA rented stock estimates at end of year 1998–99 35 3,477 1999–2000 44 3,437 2000–01 41 3,393 2001–02 52 3,367 2002–03 95 3,271