A question on #SocialRentedHousing tabled by Andrew Gwynne on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Social Rented Housing
Question ID: 1806293
UIN: 54699
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 1506
Asking Member display name: Andrew Gwynne
Asking Member handle: GwynneMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @GwynneMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of (a) the adequacy of social housing provision and (b) the length of the waiting lists to access social housing.
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Date answered: 2025-06-09
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: With over 1.3 million people on social housing registers, the government is clear that there is a chronic shortage of social housing in England. That is why we are committed to the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding for a generation.
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true