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Written question asked by Nick Raynsford (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 6 March 2015 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Friday, 6 March 2015. A substantive answer was provided by Brandon Lewis (Conservative) on Friday, 6 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Affordable Housing: Rural Areas

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been developed under the exceptions policy for affordable homes in rural areas in each of the last five years.

Answer

Information reported by local authorities on the provision of additional new build affordable housing on rural exception sites has been collected in the Local Authority Housing Statistics return since 2011-12 and is shown in the table below:

Provision of additional new build affordable housing on rural exception sites in England

2011-12 1,535
2012-13 981
2013-14 1,642

Source: Local Authority Housing Statistics return

Equivalent data was not collected prior to 2011-12.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
225981
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Rural areas Affordable housing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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