Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were built (a) for rent and (b) for purchase in Blackpool South constituency in each year from 2010 to 2015.

From April 2010 to September 2014, 400 affordable homes have been delivered in Blackpool.

Statistics on total additional affordable housing provided in England and in each local authority district , including Blackpool, are published in the Department’s live table 1008, which is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply

They include both newly built housing and acquisitions and do not show separate figures for rent and purchase.

These statistics are not available by parliamentary constituency.