Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment the Government has made of the availability of social housing in the City of Durham constituency.

The Government makes its assessment on housing stock through the data collected from local authorities via the Local Authority Housing Statistics data collection, which provides how many properties were vacant at 31 March of each year.

Details of housing stock levels can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants.