Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the level of home overcrowding in social rented sector.
Levels of overcrowding in the social rented sector are assessed using the Department's English Housing Survey and according to the 'Bedroom Standard'.
Overcrowding figures are published on Gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/658479/2015-16_Section_1_Households_Annex_Tables.xlsx (see AT 1.20)