PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Affordable Housing (11 June 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2015 to Question 227, if his Department will make an estimate of the average cost as a proportion of local market rent levels, of homes built under the affordable rent model by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) the London Borough of Islington and (iv) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Emily Thornberry (Labour)

The comparison is not available. It may be estimated using the following published datasets;

Statistics on average Private Rental Market rents are published by the Valuation Office Agency and are available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/private-rental-market-statistics-may-2015

The Valuation Office Agency advises that because the composition of this sample changes over time, it is not possible to compare average rents provided in this publication with statistics in previous publications to infer trends in the rental market over time. The statistics therefore provide a snapshot that shows the range of rents across England.

Statistics on local authority rent levels in each local authority area in England are published as part of the local housing statistics data which is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data

Statistics on private registered providers rent levels are published by the Homes and Communities Agency and are available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-data-return-statistical-releases

The statistics are not compiled on the basis of parliamentary constituencies.

Answered by:
Sir Brandon Lewis (Conservative)
19 June 2015