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Written question asked by Marcus Jones (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 April 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 April 2019. It was answered by Rishi Sunak (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Council Housing: Standards

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of council homes meet the decent homes standard in each local authority in England.

Answer

Everyone deserves a decent and safe place to live. We have seen clear improvements in decency in recent years. As at 1 April 2018, 4 per cent of local authority owned dwellings were non-decent across England. Over 516,000 local authority homes have been bought up to the Decent Homes Standard since 2010.

The Department publishes data on the proportion of local authority owned non-decent homes in each local authority area at the Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS) section F question 17, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2017-to-2018.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
242815
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Council housing Standards
Link
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