Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 123495
Council Housing
Tabled: 24 March 2026
Answered: 1 April 2026
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households eligible for social housing were able to access a social home, and what proportion remained on waiting lists.
Answer
Matthew PennycookInformation in respect of households on housing registers is collected as an aggregated snapshot by local authority on 31 March each year. As a result, individual households cannot be tracked, and it is not possible to calculate the proportions requested.