Council Housing: Waiting Lists

Commons · Question 123492 · 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, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households on local authority housing waiting lists were (a) UK nationals, (b) EU nationals and (c) non-EU nationals.

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...