HC Deb 01 March 2004 vol 418 cc774-5W
Ms Oona King

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the number of homes in the social rented sector in London which are(a) one-bedroom above the bedroom standard and (b) two or more bedrooms above the bedroom standard. [156777]

Keith Hill

Using data from the Survey of English Housing for the years 1999–2000 to 2002–03, the estimated number of households in the social rented sector in London that are one bedroom above the "bedroom standard" is 170,000 (i.e. 20 per cent. of households). The estimated number that are two or more bedrooms above the standard is 60,000 (i.e. 7 per cent.)