Written questions

Housing: Disability

Commons · Question 28091 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 18 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Josh Babarinde

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people with physical disabilities require adapted accommodation from local authorities, broken down by each local authority area in the South East.

Answer

Answered by Florence Eshalomi, 18 Sep 2026

Government does not hold this information. The English Housing Survey periodically asks about housing adaptation needs. At the last time this was asked in 2019-20, 8% of all households in England (1.9 million) had at least one person with a long-standing ...