Asked by: Andrew Lewin (Labour - Welwyn Hatfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new homes built in the last five years are fully wheelchair accessible in (a) England, (b) the East of England and (c) Welwyn Hatfield; and how many of those homes are (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three bedroom dwellings.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The data requested is not held centrally although the English Housing Survey does collect data on accessibility and adaptations within the home.
Asked by: Andrew Lewin (Labour - Welwyn Hatfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people requiring a fully wheelchair accessible home are on the social housing waiting list in (a) England, (b) the East of England and (c) Welwyn Hatfield.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The data requested is not held centrally although the English Housing Survey does collect data on accessibility and adaptations within the home.
Asked by: Andrew Lewin (Labour - Welwyn Hatfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes for social rent were built by (a) housing associations and (b) local authorities in (i) Welwyn Hatfield, (ii) Hertfordshire and (iii) England in the last five years.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The number of new social rent homes delivered, split by provider, geography and whether they are new build or acquisitions can be found via the affordable housing supply statistics, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply.
The number of new social rent homes delivered in England by provider, including acquisitions, can also be found in Live Table 1013, available from the same page.