Written question asked by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 October 2006. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Monday, 6 November 2006 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Housing

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many shared equity homes have been (a) built and (b) made available on the market in (i) Chorley and (ii) Lancashire in each of the last three years.

Answer

The following table shows homes provided via the Housing Corporation's Affordable Housing Programme and Local Authority Social Housing Grant through shared equity in both Chorley and Lancashire in each of the last three years.

	Chorley	Lancashire¹
2003-04
Shared Ownership	4	79
Open Market Purchase	—	—

2004-05
Shared Ownership	13	58
Open Market Purchase	—	—

2005-06
Shared Ownership	19	62
Open Market Purchase	—	1
¹ Lancashire, for the purposes of this response, includes the following local authorities: Burnley, Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire and Wyre.

Shared Ownership includes both new build and those acquired and refurbished.Allocations provided through the Housing Corporation’s Affordable Housing Programme 2006-08 are expected to deliver six new build shared ownership units in Chorley and 221 new build shared ownership properties in Lancashire.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 451 c884W; 98044
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Housing Equity sharing Lancashire Shared ownership schemes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Housing

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