Written questions

Council Housing: Waiting Lists

Commons · Question 123491 · Tabled 24 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 2 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households on local authority housing waiting lists in each of the past five years were (a) UK nationals, (b) EU nationals and (c) non-EU nationals, and what proportion

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 2 Apr 2026

Information on the nationality of the lead applicant of households on housing registers is collected on a voluntary basis in the Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS).Information is available for the past two years and is published in Section 6.7 of t...