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Social Rented Housing: Nationality

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 16 December 2024UIN 18437

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled Social housing lettings in England, tenancies: April 2023 to March 2024, published on 5 December 2024, what the ten most common non-UK nationalities were in social housing since 2007.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The Department does not hold this data.

While the accredited official statistics, Social Housing Lettings in England 2023/24, published on 5 December 2024, provides information on the nationality of the lead tenant in new social lettings grouped by UK, Republic of Ireland, Other EEA, Rest of world, data is not collected on individual nationalities.

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